現げん代だい文ぶん

noun

modern Japanese writing; contemporary text

Refers to texts written in modern Japanese, typically from the Meiji period onward, as opposed to classical Japanese (古文).

• この小しょう説せつは現げん代だい文ぶんで書かかれているので読よみやすい。

  This novel is written in modern Japanese, so it's easy to read.

noun

modern Japanese (school subject)

A subject in Japanese schools focusing on reading and analyzing modern Japanese texts, often contrasted with 古文 (classical Japanese) and 漢文 (classical Chinese).

• 高こう校こうの現げん代だい文ぶんの授じゅ業ぎょうで夏なつ目め漱そう石せきの作さく品ひんを読よんだ。

  In high school modern Japanese class, we read works by Natsume Soseki.