Analysis Of Japanese Color Words

The Japanese nation is of rich and delicate affections, which is fully reflected intheir aesthetic consciousness. Japanese viewpoints of nature and color are verydistinct and unique, while color words are the best connection between Japanesenation and their emotion of nature worship. The research of generation, developmentand evolution of color words helps to understand at a deeper level the inner and outerbeauty of Japanese nation. On the basis of comprehending color words, it will bringus a special colorful world to exert and apply the function and value of color in reallife.The object of discussion is Japanese color words in this paper. First of all, theconcept of color is defined, and the origins of color in Japan and its development andchange in all ages are summarized. Then, this paper states the characteristics ofJapanese color words from two aspects of the part of speech and source, andillustrates the characteristics with color nouns and loanwords as main examples.Next, this paper simply introduces the oppositional relationship among five kinds ofJapanese color words, by citing some color words in literary works, idioms andproverbs studies the basic meanings and symbolic meanings of the top seven colorwords of白(white),黑(black),绿(green),红(red),青(cyan),黄(yellow) and紫(purple) in modern Japanese, and through examples in literary works analyzes andexplains the color word function of foiling atmosphere, analogy and synaesthesia.There are plenty of color words in Japanese. Japan is the county which usesmost color words in the world. On the basis of studies and comprehending of colorwords, we can better exert the color word function in using language and the value ofcolor in life. Colors make our life wonderful and are widely used in life. Under thebig background of world culture communion, not limited to only one country,learning Japanese color words and color culture is more a trend for common progressand fusion of language, literature and culture in every country.