A Study of the Difference Between Granting Verbs and Granting Auxiliary Verbs in Japanese Language

The difference between granting verbs and granting auxiliary verbs in Japanese plays an important role in the teaching of grammar in the whole Japanese intensive reading course, and it is enough to draw considerable attention from every teacher of Japanese intensive reading course. In this thesis, we are going to discuss the difference between granting verbs and granting auxiliary verbs in Japanese. It has been proved that the Japanese expression of giving and receiving not only indicates the granting and receiving of objects or behaviors, but also implies the transfer of favors between people, reflecting the unique sense of favors among Japanese people.

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