REPRESENTASI NILAI BAIK DAN BURUK YANG DIREPRESENTASIKAN OLEH BINATANG DALAM PERIBAHASA BAHASA JEPANG

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Abstract

This study examines the Representation of Good and Bad Values Represented by Animals in Japanese Proverbs. The purpose of this study was to identify the types of animals used in Japanese proverbs based on their frequency and identify the values represented by good, bad, and neutral in these proverbs. The method used in this study is qualitative descriptive method. The results showed that there were 51 types of animals used, with the frequency of animal types that are often used are dogs, birds, horses, snakes, cats, foxes, fish, frogs, tigers and cows. Good value representations are generally represented by proverbs that use domestic animals such as fish, birds and cows and wild animals such as foxes and storks. Then the representation of bad values is widely depicted by wild or wild animals such as tigers, dragons, dogs, monkeys, snakes, and crows. While the neutral value representation is depicted by the types of frogs, horses, and cats.