Translation Strategies for the Vague Semantics in Japanese Translations of Chinese Numerical Idioms

习语是各民族语言中经过长期使用、提炼而成的固定表达，承载着丰富的文化内涵，反映出一个民族的历史、价值观、思维方式和社会习俗等，是民族文化财富中的瑰宝。而数字习语作为习语的重要组成部分，因其自身在形式、意义、修辞等方面的特点以及所处的文化背景，其翻译已经引起了众多学者的关注。本文聚焦于汉语数字习语中的模糊语义，通过分析数字的语义模糊性类型，总结和归纳出恰当的翻译策略，为汉语数字习语的日译开启新的思路。Idioms are fixed expressions refined through long-term usage in various languages, carrying rich cultural connotations. They reflect a nation’s history, values, ways of thinking, and social customs, serving as treasures of cultural heritage. As an essential component of idioms, numerical idioms have attracted significant scholarly attention due to their unique formal, semantic, and rhetorical characteristics, as well as their cultural backgrounds. This paper focuses on the vague semantics in Chinese numerical idioms, analyzing the types of semantic vagueness in numbers and summarizing appropriate translation strategies, aiming to provide new insights for the Japanese translation of Chinese numerical idioms.