Author(s)

Yaping Zhang

Corresponding Author

Yaping Zhang

Abstract

With the progress of the times, is considered to be the ancient society or the backward society of the uncivilized society taboo customs, for most people in modern society, is already more and more alienated. Today, human civilization is highly developed, whether the taboo has been abandoned? Based on the viewpoints and methods of linguistics and folklore, the author makes an investigation and analysis of the causes of the existence of taboo in Japanese through an interview survey conducted in Japan.

Keywords

Japanese, Taboo, Present Study Status