TY - JOUR AU - Oeinada, I Gede AU - Beratha , Ni Luh Sutjiati AU - Sudipa, I Nengah AU - Satyawati, Made Sri PY - 2021/01/26 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Use of Japanese Synonymous Verbs GIVE: A Corpus-based Study JF - The International Journal of Social Sciences World (TIJOSSW) JA - tijossw VL - 3 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://www.growingscholar.org/journal/index.php/TIJOSSW/article/view/80 SP - 15-23 AB - <p>The current paper presents the synonym of the verb <em>GIVE</em> which in Japanese has at least five synonymous words, namely <em>ataeru, ageru</em>, <em>kureru</em>, <em>kizou suru</em>, and <em>kifu suru</em>. It applied a qualitative descriptive method combined with corpus linguistics. Synonyms of these verbs were observed based on the frequency of their use in written and oral languages ??in two Japanese corpora. Furthermore, the collocation of each verbs was also being observed. Based on observations on the frequency of use, it is known that these five verbs have differences in the variety of languages ??used, namely: <em>kizou suru</em> have the lowest frequency of use in written registers. Meanwhile, based on observations on the collocation, depending on the context, these synonymous verbs cannot be used interchangeably. It can, therefore, be concluded that these five synonymous verbs <em>GIVE</em> cannot completely replace each other. There are some usage limitations in the presence of each of these verbs.</p> ER -