げんだい
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. present age; present day; today
2. modern era; modern times
Kanji used
right now
substitute
Pitch accent
んだい
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Composed of
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
① ある統治者が統治する期間。② 代金の略。お代。③ 代理。
Used in vocabulary (36 in total)
modern person; people of today
modern Japanese; current written style
child of the times; modern kid; kids of today; with-it youngster
modern style; modernness
present-day science; modern science
① 現代の人が実際に話している言語。日本語では特に、明治時代以降に用いられている、東京方言を中心とした共通語。
modern Japanese (esp. as a school subject)
modern civilization; modern civilisation
modern version; modern edition; updated, contemporary edition
contemporary literature; modern literature
contemporary philosophy; modern thought
contemporary novel; modern novel
contemporary history
a series of paperbacks published since 1964 by Kodansha
contemporary art museum; museum of contemporary art
contemporary life; present-day life
contemporary drama
modern kana orthography (1946 reform, amended 1986); new kana orthography
word of recent origin; neologism; recent word; modern term
① 時代遅れになった物事を現代に相応しいものに変えること。
modern disease; disease of our time
current (present-day) English
modern kana orthography (1946 reform, amended 1986); new kana orthography
Modern Monetary Theory; Modern Money Theory; neo-chartalism
① モダニズム。
contemporary dance; modern dance
gendaika; modern, non-traditional school of ikebana
Examples (16 in total)
Modern bridges are similar in shape.
What do you think of modern art?
Modern heroes are represented by rock stars.