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

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

Noun

現(げん)代(だい)語(ご) • (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&)#32;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

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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