近代

きんだい

present day

N3 #1,680

Meanings

noun present day; modern times; recent times
historical early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

Its kanji

近キン、コン · ちか.い near, early, akin, tantamount
代ダイ、タイ · か.わる、かわ.る、かわ.り、か.わり、-がわ.り、-が.わり、か.える、よ、しろ substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee

In sentences

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. #179798