口こう語ご文ぶん

noun

colloquial writing; text in spoken style

Refers to writing that uses colloquial, everyday language rather than classical literary forms. Often contrasted with 文語文 (classical/literary writing).

See also: 文語文

• この小しょう説せつは口こう語ご文ぶんで書かかれているので、とても読よみやすい。

  This novel is written in a colloquial style, so it's very easy to read.

• 明めい治じ時じ代だい以い降こう、口こう語ご文ぶんが広ひろく使つかわれるようになった。

  After the Meiji period, colloquial writing came to be widely used.