現代假名遣

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 現代假名遣 – see the following entry.

[noun] 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

(This term, 現代假名遣, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (現代仮名遣) of the above term.)