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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

標ひょう準じゅん語ご

hyoujungo

standard Japanese

Example sentences

  1. 家庭内かていないにおいても標準語ひょうじゅんごを使用しようすることが奨励しょうれいされた。

    Standard language was recommended to be used also at home.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 現在げんざいでは標準語ひょうじゅんごの普及ふきゅうもあって、異ことなる方言話者ほうげんわしゃの間あいだでも意思疎通いしそつうに大おおきな問題もんだいを生しょうじることはない。

    Those who speak in different dialects have no trouble communicating today, thanks to the popularization of the standard dialect.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. しかし明治時代めいじじだいに東京方言とうきょうほうげんを基盤きばんに標準語ひょうじゅんご・共通語きょうつうごが整備せいびされて以降いこう、学校教育がっこうきょういくやマスコミ等とうの影響えいきょうで東京とうきょうをも含ふくめ全国ぜんこくで伝統的でんとうてきな方言ほうげんは衰退すいたいしていく傾向けいこうにある。

    However, after the standard dialect or common language was developed based on a Tokyo dialect in the Meiji period, traditional dialects have been on a declining trend nationwide including Tokyo due to influence of school education, mass communication, etc.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 標準語

  • 標signpost; sealOnヒョウKunしるべ・しるし
  • 準semi-; correspond toOnジュンKunじゅんじる・じゅんずる・なぞらえる
  • 語word; speechOnゴKunかたる・かたらう

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