일본어의 합리적인 한국어 표기에 관하여

Abstract

The writing of Japanese in Korean is an important element influencing the provision of information and study of Japanese. The writing of カ行, タ行, バ行, and special phonemes in Korean causes the loss of the words’ discriminating functions, thus needing improvement. In the writing of か行 in Korean, the beginning is ‘ㄱ’, and the middle and end are ‘ㅋ,’ and it fails to show the differences between カ行 and ガ行. As a result, ‘ㅋ’ should come in the beginning, and ‘ㄲ’ in the middle and end. In the writing of タ行(タテト) in Korean, the beginning is ‘ㄷ’, and the middle and end are ‘ㅌ.’ This shows no differences between タ行(タテト) and ダ行(ダデド). It is thus needed to have ‘ㅌ’ for the beginning and ‘ㄸ’ for the middle and end. In the writing of チ in Korean, the beginning is ‘지’, and the middle and end are ‘치.’ The beginning should be ‘치’, and the middle and end should be ‘찌.’ In addition, ツ should be written as ‘쯔’ instead of ‘쓰’ in Korean. パ行 is written in ‘ㅍ’ in Korean, but its beginning should be ‘ㅍ’, and its middle and end should be ‘ㅃ.’ Prolonged sounds of Japanese are completely different from those of Korean, which calls for different marks. When consonant signs are not allowed in the management of Korean to write Japanese words in Korean, vowels should be introduced. In the case of 促音 (ツ), it should be written in Korean as‘ㄱ’ before ‘カ’行, ‘ㅅ’ before ‘サ,タ’行 and ‘ㅂ’ before ‘パ行 instead of ‘ㅅ’ all the time. The writing of 撥音(ン) should not be ‘ㄴ’ all the time. It should be written in ‘ㅇ’ before ‘カ,ガ,ハ’行, ‘ㄴ’ before ‘サ,ザ,タ,ダ,ナ,ラ’行, ‘ㅁ’ before ‘バ,パ,マ’行, and ‘ㅇ’ before vowels or at the end of a word. The writing of Japanese in Korean should be revised to have discrimination and reflect the original pronunciation of Japanese. In many parts, current Japanese can be written correctly in Korean, which raises a need for an urgent revision. Once revised, the writing of Japanese in Korean will contribute to the provision of information about Japan as well as the study of the Japanese language.