げん
現
だい
代
ご
語

noun

  1. modern language, contemporary language, living language.
  2. modern Japanese, Japanese as spoken since the Meiji period or alternatively, since the end of World War II.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
げん
現
だい
代
ご
語
 現代語 げんだいご

Contained Kanji Breakdown

present, existing, actual
ゲン　あらわ.れる　うつ.つ (5th, N3)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
see, hopes, chances
み.る　ケン (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
substitute, change, convert
ダイ　か.わる　よ (3rd, N4)
human radical (no. 9)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク　いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
word, speech, language
ゴ　かた.る (2nd, N5)
say, word
い.う　こと　ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
I, my, our
われ　わが-　あ- (Kentei Pre-1)
five
ゴ　い　いつ (1st, N5)