日本是“東方”还是“西方”——关于日语单词“東侧”“西側”

• 作 者: 白井千彰 潘惠宁
• 出 处: 日语学习与研究
• 发表日期: 1991年02期
• 关键词: 日本文学 中国学生 日汉辞典 “东方” 国语辞典 社会主义国家 新单词 现代汉语 战后世界 中文词汇

有位中国学生曾经问我:“贵国到底是东方还是西方?”中国人对此感到迷惑是完全可以理解的。因为中国的新闻界有时称我国“东方”也有时划为“西方”。比如说:“日本文学、艺术、体育诸方面有东方与西方的结合,也有现代与传统的融合,而起着主体作用的却是日本的、传统的东西”

A Chinese student asked me once: “Is your country an East or a West?” The Chinese are completely confused about it. Because sometimes the Chinese press has sometimes called China’s “East,” sometimes classified as “the West.” For example: “Japanese literature, art, sports in all aspects of the East with the West, but also the integration of modern and traditional, but plays a dominant role but it is Japan, the traditional things”