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JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

現げん代だい

gendai

modern times

Example sentences

  1. 現代げんだいは原子力げんしりょくの時代じだいだ。

    We live in the atomic age.

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  2. 薬物やくぶつは現代げんだい社会しゃかいの癌がんだ。

    Drugs are a cancer of modern society.

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  3. 現代げんだい美術びじゅつに興味きょうみはある？

    Are you interested in modern art?

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Kanji in 現代

  • 現present; existingOnゲンKunあらわれる・あらわす・うつつ
  • 代substitute; changeOnダイ・タイKunかわる・かわる・かわり

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