Category: Japanese Language

Model Korean Family

In 1942, one pro-Imperial Japan Korean family went to great lengths to force Japanese on their children, scolding a son for informally learning some basic Korean at school, making sure their Korean-speaking grandmother visiting them in Seoul from Kaesong did not influence them too much

2022-01-14

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Notes: I think the family may have provided an older photo of themselves, because the children look much younger

Model Korean Family

In 1942, pro-Imperial Japanese Korean parents boasted that their six children born and raised in Korea could not understand a word of Korean, because they ‘bit to death’ any Korean words which might accidentally slip out of their mouths, for which they were laughed at by other Koreans

2022-01-06

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Mr. Minami, who is mentioned in this article as the Governor and the Father of the Korean peninsula, refers

Japanese Language

Korean residents of Seoul once spoke their own unique dialect of Japanese called “Keijō-kotoba”, which included phrases like doshitanne (‘what’s the matter?’) and 조건chōdai (‘give me the conditions’), and Imperial Japanese authorities tried to eradicate it in schools

2021-12-31

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During Japanese colonization, Korean residents of Seoul apparently spoke their own unique dialect of Japanese called “Keijō-kotoba”, which included

Japanese Language

Korean high school student uses anonymous tip box to rat out fellow student who spoke Korean at school (Dongduk Girls’ High School in Seoul, June 1942)

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Notes: In 1942, students at Dongduk Girls’ High School in Seoul were using an anonymous tip box to rat

School

This 1942 stuttering correction seminar for Korean children involves Japanese vowel practice, abdominal training, and “infusing the Japanese spirit deep into the children’s hearts”

2021-12-17

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Gyeongseong Ilbo (Keijo Nippo) August 5, 1942 Go out to the Co-Prosperity Sphere as a Human Resource Resurrecting Correct

School

In Japan-occupied Korea, Koreans often spoke Japanese using phrases and grammar from regional Japanese dialects that they picked up from colonial settlers – mandatory language classes made them unlearn these “vulgar colloquialisms” and speak standard Japanese

2021-12-17

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Gyeongseong Ilbo (Keijo Nippo), June 27, 1942 Shunning the adding of “shi” at the ends of sentences The Eighth

Japanese Language

In Japan-occupied Korea, Koreans often mixed their spoken Japanese with Korean words like 아이고 (‘gosh’) and 나쁜 (‘bad’) and English words like ‘slogan’ and ‘service’ – in 1942, one Seoul police station cracked down on this by fining employees every time they uttered a Korean or English word

2021-12-14

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Gyeongseong Ilbo (Keijo Nippo), July 8, 1942 Saying “Aigo” also results in punishment Seodaemun Police Officer Suggests a New

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March 1943 edict of Governor Koiso of Japan-occupied Korea focusing on Korean girls in assimilation campaigns to “penetrate them with the Japanese spirit and be aggressive”

2021-11-28

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(my translation) Keijo Nippo (Gyeongseong Ilbo) March 31, 1943 Focus on the girlsThe Governor explains the results of his

Japanese Language

Imperial Japan waged an aggressive Japanese language campaign on Korean villages in the ’30s and ’40s, entering homes to attach Japanese labels on household objects, putting residents under 55 in mandatory classes, applying an “unyielding whip” to “break down their customs and stray dreams”

2021-11-22

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This article from Japan-occupied Korea in 1943 describes an aggressive Japanese language campaign that was conducted in Korean villages

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By April 1944, there were 13 internment camps in Seoul for Japanizing Korean girls into wives for Japanese soldiers, with most of the girls enlisted for military labor, and instructional time cut from all day to just the afternoons (photo: Japanese language class at a camp in Jongno-gu, Seoul)

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This article from April 1944 shows that this system of internment camps had expanded to at least 13 in