現代語

Japanese

Kanji in this term
現	代	語
げん Grade: 5	だい Grade: 3	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From 現代 (gendai, “modern; contemporary”) +‎ 語 (-go, “language”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) げんだいご [gèńdáígó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞nda̠iɡo̞]

Noun

現代語 (hiragana げんだいご, rōmaji gendaigo)

modern language
(especially in reference to Japanese) modern Japanese; Japanese in its current form, spoken since the Meiji era and based on the Tokyo dialect
現代語 (げんだいご)訳 (やく) 般若心経 (はんにゃしんぎょう)
Gendaigo-yaku Hannya Shingyō
the Heart Sutra in Contemporary Japanese

See also

標準語 (ひょうじゅんご) (hyōjungo, “standard language”), 国語 (こくご) (kokugo, “national language”)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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