中ちゅう世せい語ご

noun

Late Middle Japanese; medieval Japanese

Linguistic term referring to the Japanese language of the medieval period, roughly from the 12th to the 16th century.

• 中ちゅう世せい語ごの文ぶん法ぽうは現げん代だい語ごと大おおきく異ことなる。

  The grammar of medieval Japanese differs greatly from that of modern Japanese.