认知语言学是一个以对世界的经验以及感知这个世界将其概念化的方法,策略作为基础和依据进行语言研究的语言学派。认知语言学认为隐喻是人类认知的重要工具。本文探讨了作为人类思维方式之一的隐喻对日语教学的重要价值,不仅为传统的日语教学摸索一个新的教学方法,而且提出了隐喻地教外语也是培养思维能力和创新能力的教学方式的观点。 Cognitive linguistics is a linguistic school that uses linguistic research based on the experience of the world and the methods and tactics of perceiving the world as conceptualized. Cognitive linguistics considers metaphor as an important tool of human cognition. This paper explores the important value of metaphor as a human way of thinking in Japanese teaching. It not only explores a new teaching method for traditional Japanese teaching, but also proposes that the metaphorical teaching of foreign languages ​​is also a teaching way of cultivating thinking ability and innovative ability .