現代仮名遣い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
現	代	仮	名	遣
げん Grade: 5	だい Grade: 3	か Grade: 5	な Grade: 1	つか > づか Grade: S

Alternative spellings
現代假名遣い (kyūjitai) 現代仮名遣現代かなづかい

Example: 泥鰌 (dojō, “pond loach”):
Pre-war, non-standard: どぜう (dozeu) Historical: どじやう (dozyau) Modern: どじょう (dojō)

From 現代 (gendai, “modern”) +‎ 仮名遣い (kanazukai, “kana usage”).

現(げん)代(だい)仮(か)名(な)遣(づか)い • (gendai kanazukai) ^{←げんだいかなづかひ (gendai kanadukafi)^?}

the method of using kana to write Japanese that has been used after the 1946 (post-war) Japanese national language reform; unlike its predecessor, it is almost entirely phonetic, reflecting the modern language with little ambiguity
Synonym: 新仮名 (shinkana)

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