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現代 (げんだい): today, present-day — Japanese vocabulary

現代 is read げんだい and means "today, present-day". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

現代

Reading
げんだい · gendai
Translation
today, present-day
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
げんだいが

Example

私は現代美術には全く興味がない。

わたしはげんだいびじゅつにはまったくきょうみがない。

Modern art has no interest for me.

Kanji in this word

  • 現 — appear, present
  • 代 — Substitute, Change, Convert

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