[[alternative]]A study on time adjectives: "Yatto" and "Youyaku"

[[abstract]]The purpose of this study is to investigate the meanings and usages of time adjectives "Yatto" and "Youyaku". Result of investigate are as follows: If viewed from their structural characterisitcs, "Yatto" and "Youyaku" are used to describe both regular and chance events that have happened (where something is habitually or potentially capable of occuring); but from a real perspective, they are used to describe tangible incidents. Looking at their connotations, we can determin that bothadverbs can be interchangeably used when wanting to signify "(something) that one has hoping to happen come true or be established after a long period of time or much hard work" or "(something) finished at the last moment." However, they differ in two aspects: firstly, "Yatto" emphasizes the endpoint, whereas "Youyaku" stresses the development toward the endpoint; secondly, "Youyaku" suggests a "gradually occurring" progress, whereas "Yatto" does not