modern

modern man/person

(fandom slang) in fanwork, placing characters in a modern AU

"Modern kana usage", 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 modern language with little ambiguity.

misery of life start at literacy; ignorance is bliss

(linguistics) a word, term / a proverb

language of, -ese, -ish

word / language / term

(phonetics) sonant, vocal, phonic; the quality of being voiced

(traditional Chinese phonology) the onset of a Chinese syllable