Word Meaning 現代

げんだい gendai

現代 is read as げんだい (gendai) and means modern era.

Meaning

English

  1. modern era
  2. modern times
  3. present age
  4. present day
  5. today

Reading

Kana

げんだい

Romaji

gendai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 1570 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

現時代

げんじだい

the present era

現代社会

げんだいしゃかい

modern society

現代人

げんだいじん

modern person

現代化

げんだいか

modernization

現代っ子

げんだいっこ

child of the times

現代戦

げんだいせん

modern warfare

現代生活

げんだいせいかつ

contemporary life

現代アート

げんだいあーと

contemporary art

現代日本語

げんだいにほんご

modern Japanese

現代新書

げんだいしんしょ

New Library of Knowledge (series of paperbacks published since 1964 by Kodansha)

現代文学

げんだいぶんがく

contemporary literature

現代文明

げんだいぶんめい

modern civilization

Example Sentences

10

Are you interested in modern art?

What do you think of modern art?

Drugs are a cancer of modern society.

We live in the atomic age.

This building looks very modern.

Modern music is familiar to him.

I love modern art.

I prefer modern furniture.

Mary is a modern woman.

Tom has an eye for modern art.