| Position | Research Associate |
|---|---|
| Faculty | Japanese Language and Literature |
| Graduate School | Japanese Language and Literature |
| Department | Japanese Linguistics |
Career
| March 2026 : | Ph.D., Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo |
| May 2025 : | Appointed to the Faculty of Letters, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo |
Research Area
Japanese Linguistics, History of Japanese Grammar, Philology
1) Research on the Particle “Mo”
The core of my research is an examination of the relationship between the exclamatory function of the particle “mo,” which is prominent in Old Japanese as exemplified by the Man'yōshū, and its conjunctive function, which persists in modern Japanese.
2) The Classification of Kakari Particles
In ancient Japanese, particles involved in kakari-musubi are called kakari particles; however, the particle “mo” (and “ha”) do not function as particles involved in kakari-musubi in the sense of triggering changes in sentence-final forms. The aim of my research is to clarify the basis for classifying the particle “mo” (and “ha”) as kakari particles and to evaluate the validity of this classification.
3) Philological Approach
In order to study the Man’yōshū, which is the primary text of my research, it is necessary to adopt not only linguistic approaches, but also literary and philological approaches. In addition, I am engaged in grammatical research that makes use of kunten materials, and in the transcription and study of shōmono texts.
