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Sugito, Seiju – 1985
The use of Sino-Japanese in the vocabulary of the Japanese language has increased greatly since the Meiji Restoration of the mid-nineteenth century. Although there are differences in the types of Sino-Japanese writing, their meanings can be created by association through the "Kun" or meaning-based readings of the characters of which they are…
Descriptors: Asian History, Chinese, Culture Contact, Diachronic Linguistics
