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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

現げん代だい

N3
げんだい gendai
  1. nowadays
  2. modern times
  3. 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。
  • 彼かれは現げん代だい文ぶん学がくを研けん究きゅうしています。
    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"
  }
}