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近代 (きんだい): modern times — Japanese vocabulary

近代 is read きんだい and means "modern times". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

近代

Reading
きんだい · kindai
Translation
modern times
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
きんだいが

Example

近代小説の中でこれが最高傑作だ。

きんだいしょうせつのなかでこれがさいこうけっさくだ。

Among modern novels, this is the best.

Kanji in this word

  • 近 — near
  • 代 — Substitute, Change, Convert

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