現げん代だい日本にほん語ご

noun

modern Japanese

Linguistics term referring to the Japanese language as used from the Meiji period onward, often contrasted with classical or pre-modern forms.

See also: 現代語

• 現げん代だい日本にほん語ごの文ぶん法ぽうは古こ典てん日本にほん語ごと大おおきく異ことなる。

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