Somatic phraseological units with the component “Me”/“KoZ” (eye) in the linguistic picture of the world of the Japanese and Uzbeks

Somatic phraseological units are vivid exponents of national and cultural semantics. The figurative content of somatic phraseological units reflects the value standards or stereotypes of the national and cultural vision of the world: the originality of national culture, customs, traditions of the people, details of everyday life, historical events, mythological ideas and religious beliefs, ideas about the plant and animal world. The article examines somatic phraseological units with the “me”/“koz”(eye) component of the Japanese and Uzbek languages in the linguocultural aspect, their role in the formation of the linguistic picture of the world. A comparative analysis of Japanese and Uzbek somatic phraseological units is carried out, identification of properties and differences in them, disclosure of national and cultural characteristics. In the process of the analysis, the linguistic and cultural research method was used, and a component analysis of the phraseological units of this thematic group was carried out in the aspect of a comparative study, their similar and equivalent variants were revealed, as well as the linguoculturological properties of phraseological units of both languages. The analysis allows us to draw the following conclusions that in all compared languages the phraseological unit “me” - “eyes” is actively involved in the formation of clichéd units filled with rich connotations and carrying both positive and negative emotional semantic charge.