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).
この小説は現代文で書かれているので読みやすい。
This novel is written in modern Japanese, so it's easy to read.
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).
高校の現代文の授業で夏目漱石の作品を読んだ。
In high school modern Japanese class, we read works by Natsume Soseki.