Word Meaning 近代語

きんだいご kindaigo

近代語 is read as きんだいご (kindaigo) and means Japanese spoken during the Meiji period (sometimes including the late Edo period and/or the Taishō period).

Meaning

English

  1. Japanese spoken during the Meiji period (sometimes including the late Edo period and/or the Taishō period)
  2. modern Japanese (as spoken since the Middle Ages)

Reading

Kana

きんだいご

Romaji

kindaigo

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 94667 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

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近世日本語

きんせいにほんご

early modern Japanese

近世語

きんせいご

early modern Japanese

近代

きんだい

early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

近代人

きんだいじん

modern man

近代国家

きんだいこっか

modern state

近代文学

きんだいぶんがく

modern literature

近代文明

きんだいぶんめい

modern civilization

近代アート

きんだいあーと

modern art

近代社会

きんだいしゃかい

modern society

近代家族

きんだいかぞく

modern family

近代文学館

きんだいぶんがくかん

museum of modern literature