現代語

げんだいご

Meanings

1. Noun modern language; contemporary language; living language
2. modern Japanese (i.e.: Japanese as spoken since the Meiji period or alternatively, since the end of World War II)

Kanji

• 現 present. Read as ゲン.
• 代 era. Read as ダイ.
• 語 language. Read as ゴ.

Words containing 現代語

• 現代語訳 (げんだいごやく) modern translation

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