中ちゅう古こ日本にほん語ご

noun

Early Middle Japanese

Linguistic term for the stage of Japanese used roughly from the late 8th to the late 11th century, corresponding to the Heian period. Also referred to as 中古語.

See also: 中古語

• 中ちゅう古こ日本にほん語ごの文ぶん法ぽうは上じょう代だい日本にほん語ごと異ことなる点てんが多おおい。

  The grammar of Early Middle Japanese differs in many ways from that of Old Japanese.

• 『源げん氏じ物もの語がたり』は中ちゅう古こ日本にほん語ごで書かかれている。

  The Tale of Genji is written in Early Middle Japanese.