Illustration: At a late-Meiji railway station, a steam locomotive has pulled alongside a platform bordered by telegraph poles. A station employee in a period railway uniform helps a kimono-clad merchant lift a strapped trunk toward the carriage steps.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

近きん代だい

kindai

modern times

For Japanese history, it often refers to the Meiji era through World War II. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. トムには近代きんだい絵画かいがの鑑賞能力かんしょうのうりょくがある。

    Tom appreciates modern art.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 近代きんだい小説しょうせつの中なかでこれが最高傑作さいこうけっさくだ。

    Among modern novels, this is the best.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 近代きんだい技術ぎじゅつは多おおくの物ものを与あたえてくれる。

    Modern technology gives us many things.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 近代

  • 近near; earlyOnキン・コンKunちかい
  • 代substitute; changeOnダイ・タイKunかわる・かわる・かわり

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