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This study aims at clarifying the characteristics of language use of one Korean‐Japanese bilingual child with a discourse data. I conducted a recording the discourse of the child when he was with his parents at home. The child used Korean with his father, and used Japanese and Korean with his mother. Compared to his mother’s Japanese use, the child used less Japanese to his mother. Compared to the first survey, in the second survey which is conducted after 1 year, Japanese use increased exceedingly. This seems to be due to the improvement of Japanese competence, the increase of Japanese input of mother, the contact with Japanese books and television, and the positive attitude of the child and father to Japanese. I divided the data of the child into four situations: Japanese books, painting activities, television, and play. As a result, the use of Japanese increased slightly when watching Japanese television, and it increased relatively when reading Japanese books. This suggests that the contact of Japanese, such as reading books and watching television, is related to the increase in Japanese use of the child.