現代
N3げんだい gendai
- nowadays
- modern times
- present-day
nounの-adjective
Chinese meanings
现代;当代
Examples
- 私は現代の音楽はあまり好きではない事を認めます。I must admit I don't like much contemporary music.我承认自己不太喜欢现代音乐。
- 彼は現代文学を研究しています。He studies contemporary literature.他研究现代文学。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('d4d82c9ff4'); // 現代
{
"id": "d4d82c9ff4",
"word": "現代",
"reading": "げんだい",
"romaji": "gendai",
"meanings": [
"nowadays",
"modern times",
"present-day"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"n",
"adj-no"
],
"jmdict_id": 1263810,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "私は現代の音楽はあまり好きではない事を認めます。",
"en": "I must admit I don't like much contemporary music.",
"tatoeba_id": 157249
},
{
"ja": "彼は現代文学を研究しています。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{現代|げんだい}{文学|ぶんがく}を{研究|けんきゅう}しています。",
"en": "He studies contemporary literature.",
"tatoeba_id": 107599
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "aafb1db01352d8b2e371361a74f33a91b353a3c056d6887e64d84067bbe3304a",
"meanings": [
"现代",
"当代"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "私は現代の音楽はあまり好きではない事を認めます。",
"zh": "我承认自己不太喜欢现代音乐。"
},
{
"ja": "彼は現代文学を研究しています。",
"zh": "他研究现代文学。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/d4d82c9ff4",
"JMdict ent_seq 1263810; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "fca483311ef3cc50144a7f4ef53621627ce925f9206a55c0689631334a861d01"
}
}