近きん代だい詩し

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Meanings

noun

modern poetry; modern-style poetry

Refers to poetry written in modern Japanese, as opposed to classical forms like waka or haiku. Often associated with free verse and Western-influenced styles from the Meiji period onward.

彼かれは近きん代だい詩しの研けん究きゅうで博はく士し号ごうを取とった。
He earned his doctorate with research on modern poetry.
このアンソロジーには明めい治じ以い降こうの代だい表ひょう的てきな近きん代だい詩しが収おさめられている。
This anthology contains representative modern poems from the Meiji period onward.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が近きん代だい詩しを書かくsomeone writes modern poetry
彼かれは若わかいころから近きん代だい詩しを書かいている。
He has been writing modern poetry since he was young.
近きん代だい詩しの詩し人じんa poet of modern poetry
萩はぎ原わら朔さく太た郎ろうは近きん代だい詩しの詩し人じんとして知しられている。
Hagiwara Sakutarō is known as a poet of modern poetry.