きんだい
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. modernization; modernisation
Kanji used
near
substitute
transformation
Pitch accent
んだいか
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Composed of
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
action of making something; -ification
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
Examples (2 in total)
Central to this issue is the problem of modernization.
In most cases, modernization is identified with Westernization.