Vocab Info

N3 Noun, No-adjective

現代(げんだい)nowadays, modern era, modern times, present-day

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun, No-adjective

      1.

      present age, present day, today

    2. Noun, No-adjective

      2.

      modern era, modern times

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    現代 【げんだい】

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    Examples

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      (ぼく)現代(げんだい)()まれて()かったと(おも)っている。

      I'm glad to have been born in the modern era.

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      それは現代(げんだい)若者(わかもの)(おお)くが(かか)える問題(もんだい)です。

      That is a problem that many young people face in modern times.

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      (むかし)言葉(ことば)現代(げんだい)言葉(ことば)には(おどろ)(ほど)(おお)くの(ちが)いがあります。

      There are surprisingly many differences between old and modern words.

      • N3

      社会(しゃかい)授業(じゅぎょう)現代(げんだい)までの日本(にほん)歴史(れきし)について(くわ)しく(まな)びました。

      In a social studies class, I learned in detail about the history of Japan up to modern times.

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      現代(げんだい)ではスマートフォンやパソコンはあってはならない必需(ひつじゅ)(ひん)となっています。

      Smartphones and computers have become essential items that should not be without in modern times.

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