近きん代だい語ご

noun

modern Japanese (since the Middle Ages)

In Japanese linguistics, 近代語 typically refers to the language from the Kamakura period onward, contrasting with 中世語 (medieval language) and 古代語 (ancient language).

See also: 中世

• 日本にほん語ご史しでは、鎌かま倉くら時じ代だい以い降こうのことばを近きん代だい語ごと呼よぶことがある。

  In the history of the Japanese language, the language from the Kamakura period onward is sometimes called 近代語.

noun

Meiji-period Japanese

A narrower usage referring specifically to the Japanese of the Meiji era, sometimes extended to the late Edo and Taishō periods. This sense is common in discussions of modern literature and language modernization.

• 二ふた葉ば亭てい四し迷めいの作さく品ひんは、明めい治じの近きん代だい語ごの成せい立りつに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえた。

  Futabatei Shimei's works had a great influence on the formation of Meiji-period Japanese.