現代仮名遣い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
現 代 仮 名 遣
げん
Grade: 5
だい
Grade: 3
か
Grade: 5
な
Grade: 1
つか > づか
Grade: S
Alternative spellings
現代假名遣い (kyūjitai)
現代仮名遣
現代かなづかい
Example: 泥鰌 (dojō, “pond loach”):

Etymology

From 現代 (gendai, “modern”) +‎ 仮名遣い (kanazukai, “kana usage”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) げんだいかなづ​かい [gèńdáí kánázúꜜkàì] (Nakadaka – [7])
  • IPA(key): [ɡẽ̞nda̠i ka̠na̠zɨᵝka̠i]

Noun

現(げん)代(だい)仮(か)名(な)遣(づか)い • (gendai kanazukai) ←げんだいかなづかひ (gendai kanadukafi)?

  1. the method of using kana to write Japanese that has been used after the 1946 (post-war) Japanese national language reform; unlike its predecessor, it is almost entirely phonetic, reflecting the modern language with little ambiguity
    Synonym: 新仮名 (shinkana)

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