Semantic Classification System based on a Contemporary Japanese Noun Thesaurus

在编写《现代日语名词主题词表》的过程中，对词汇的语义分类进行了研究，该词表存储在个人计算机上，利用原有的词表检索系统可以方便灵活地进行检索，词表的描述基于同义词和上下义词之间的关系。词表没有对词表进行部分-整体的描述，约有6万个词条正确地定位在语义关系网络上。通过这部词典，构建了当代日语名词的语义分类。然而，对语义相似的词进行分组可以让我们注意到矛盾，即不一致的现象。因此，我挑选了几组单词，并检查它们是否可以包括在同一组中。这个过程本身就是一个研究过程。这些考虑的结果被用来在个人计算机上修改叙词表的描述。现在，叙词表的出版是按照这些步骤进行的。叙词表使我们能够研究上下位之间的关系。结论是，上位-下位词反映了一种“文化”(这是一种语言的母语人士所共有的观点)。

I carried out a research of semantic classification of vocabulary, while compiling Contemporary Japanese Noun Thesaurus.This thesaurus is now stored in a personal computer and can be retrieved easily and flexibly using original retrieval system for the thesaurus.The description of the thesaurus is based on the relationships of synonym and super-ordinate-hyponym. Part-whole description is not entirely described in the thesaurus.About 60,000 entry words are properly located on the network of semantic relations. Through this thesaurus, semantic classification of contemporary Japanese nouns has been constructed. However, grouping of semantically similar words allows us to notice contradiction, the phenomenon of inconsistency. Therefore, I picked up some groups of words and checked them whether they can be included the same group or not. This process is a research by itself.The result of these considerations was used to revise the description of the thesaurus in a personal computer.The publication of the thesaurus is now prepared along these procedures.The thesaurus enables us to investigate superordinate-hyponym relationship. The conclusion is that superordinate-hyponym reflects a 'culture' (a viewpoint shared by the native speakers of a language).