During Meiji Period, Japanese compiled many Korean Praise Book for thepolitical and economical benefit. Its structure content differ depending on theobjectives of the books. Within Korean Praise Book, “NIKKANTSUGOSYOKEI(published in 1903 during Korean Enlightenment Period)” by Tanaka Kengowas published for the fluent conversation between Korean and Japanese policesin Chosun.
“NIKKANTSUGOSYOKEI” includes many police related phraseology. Itscontents also concentrate on the necessary conversations that is related to thetask of police. Not only did it incorporates those conversations in Korean, butalso embody know-how of the police task. Many examples within the praisebooks are also written in contrite form which helps the readers to easilymemorize the sentence. Unlike many other normal praise book, this praise bookdoes not include the basic conversations.
In “NIKKANTSUGOSYOKEI” conclusion, enquiry, command, prohibition,repudiation, confirmation, assumption, suggestion, volition, authorization,feasibility, message, expectation, retort, obligation, and caution are the mostcommonly used expressions. Even though these expressions features variousmodern Japanese grammar, the fact that 79.94% of the phrases are conclusion,enquiry and command indicates that this phrase book infringes the originalusage of phrase book. In the book, because it focuses on the police-relatedconversations, it excludes the basic conversation of the Korean. In this phrasebook, one can acknowledge the fact that Japanese depreciate Koreans byvarious examples.