Research fields:
Japanese linguistics, History of Japanese language
Research themes:
Historical research of vocabulary. Research on easy to understand technical terms. Research on the Japanese language based on corpus.
[Keywords] Vocabulary in Japanese language history, Linguistic problems with difficult terms, Corpus linguistics.
Main books and papers:
◆“Corpus to kokugo kyoiku” (“Corpus and Japanese Education”) (joint authorship, Asakura Publishing Co., Ltd., 2015)
◆“Kindai kakikotoba ha kosite dekita” (“This is How Modern Written Language was Made”) (Iwanami Shoten, 2013)
◆“Gairaigo kenkyu no sintenkai” (“New Evolution in Research on Loan Words”) (joint authorship, Ohfu Co., Ltd., 2012)
◆“Zukai – nihon no goi” (“Illustration Vocabulary in Japan”) (joint authorship, Sanseido Co., Ltd., 2011)
◆“Byoin no kotoba o wakariyasuku” (“Understanding Hospital Words Easily”) (joint authorship, Keiso Shobo, 2009)