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    3. 現代語

    現代語

    現げん代だい語ご

    modern language

    NTNounCore ConceptsKanji Vocab30 strokes

    げんだいご

    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

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    Kanji that make up this word

    現
    あらわ.れる・あらわ.す・うつつ・うつ.つ…(3)
    present・existing・actual
    代
    か.わる・かわ.る・かわ.り・か.わり・-がわ.り・-が.わり…(6)
    substitute・change・convert・replace・period…(6)
    語
    かた.る・かた.らう…(1)
    word・speech・language
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