<entry id="2271629" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2733240</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>口語形</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>こうごけい</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<xref type="see" seq="2733230">文語形</xref>
<field>&gramm;</field>
<gloss>word form used in vernacular language (as opposed to classical language)</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2012-08-03 07:25:49" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus</upd_name>
<upd_refs>daij, nikk</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-08-05 23:55:10" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>"form" really.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -12,1 +12,1 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;word primarily used in spoken language&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;word form primarily used in spoken language&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-01-02 15:10:04" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>"spoken language" is misleading. Modern Japanese is written using 口語.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -12 +12,3 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;word form primarily used in spoken language&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="2733230"&gt;文語形&lt;/xref&gt;
+&lt;field&gt;&amp;ling;&lt;/field&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;word form used in the vernacular language (as opposed to classical language)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-01-03 05:24:09" stat="A">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>contrast with/as opposed to xref</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>meikyo 口語
②話しことばと、それをもとにした書きことばを合わせた言語体系。現代語の総称。「─体」「─文（＝現代の話しことばをもとにして書かれた文）」

maybe not exclusively to describe Japanese,
https://eigolab.net/2339
"会話でよく使われる "kinda" は "kind of" の口語形、 "sorta" は "sort of" の口語形です。"
(here it's not really "as opposed to _classical_ language")</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -14 +14 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;word form used in the vernacular language (as opposed to classical language)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;word form used in vernacular language (as opposed to classical language)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-06-11 13:11:44" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -13 +13 @@
-&lt;field&gt;&amp;ling;&lt;/field&gt;
+&lt;field&gt;&amp;gramm;&lt;/field&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>