noun
national language and script issues
Refers to policy debates about a nation's writing system, such as kanji standardization, script reform, or kana usage. In Japanese context, often associated with post-Meiji or post-WWII language reforms.
国語国字問題は、明治以降の日本で何度も議論されてきた。
National language and script issues have been debated many times in Japan since the Meiji era.
戦後の国語国字問題では、漢字制限や仮名遣いの改定が行われた。
In the post-war national language and script issues, kanji limitation and kana usage revision were carried out.
Compound of 国語 (national language), 国字 (national script), and 問題 (issue/problem). The term emerged in the context of modern Japanese language policy debates.