일제강점기 부산발행 신문인 『朝鮮時報』에 나타난 ‘一般 当て字(取音字)’에 관한 연구

Abstract

This paper examines commonly used Ateji in the articles of “Chosunsibo,” a Japanese newspaper published in Busan during the Japanese colonial period. While this study analyzes ateji in “Chosunshibo” and classifies them into foreign country/place name ateji and general Ateji, it gives more focus on general Ateji with the inclusion of foreign country/place name Ateji. General Japanese Ateji depicts word sounds or Korean literation and are unrelated to the meaning of corresponding Chinese characters. Some examples include 誤魔化す(ごまかすdeceive), 六ケ敷い(むずかしい:difficult), 薩張り(さっぱり:crisp), 盆槍(ぼんやり:vaguely), 流石(さすが:expected), 師走(しわす:December), 賴母子·頼母子(たのもし:private fund), 眞面目(まじめ:earnest), and可笑しい(おかしい:funny). Foreign Ateji words are as follows: 俱樂部(グラブclub), 瓦斯(ガスgas), 護謨(ゴムgum), 煙草(タバコtobaco), 馬穴(バケツbucket), 名キヤツプ(メーキャップmakeup), 硝子(ガラスglass), 麵麭(パンpão), 釦(ボタンbutton). Chronologically summarized, the appearance of Ateji drastically increased in the 1920s and 1930s along with the influence of the increase in newspaper pages. Also looking into foreign words Ateji in chronological order, we can find that those Ateji used during the same period were increasingly spelled in Katakana. Amongst them, “煙草(タバコ:tobacco)” is one of the most widely used and known, even until today, examples of Ateji. In general, the tendency to express Ateji in Katakana grows with the decline of usage in foreign words ateji during the 1930s. In 1946, a new list of commonly used Chinese characters and the modern Kana usage were announced and adopted publicly. In this regard, the Ateji and old Chinese letters written in “Chosunsibo” are a valuable asset to Japanese language studies.