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    3. 近代

    近代

    近きん代だい

    present day

    N3KMT2News #3+1CoreNounHistoryKanji Vocab12 strokes

    きんだい

    Noun

    1.
    present day, modern times, recent times
    2.
    early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
    historical term

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    近きん代だいの歴れき史しを勉べん強きょうしています。

    I am studying modern history.

    KMT2HistoryEducation
    近きん代だい化かは日に本ほんの社しゃ会かいを大おおきく変かえた。

    Modernization greatly changed Japanese society.

    KMT3HistoryCulture & Traditions
    近きん代だい日に本ほんは、西せい洋よう文ぶん化かの影えい響きょうを強つよく受うけた。

    Modern Japan was strongly influenced by Western culture.

    KMT3HistoryCulture & Traditions
    この美び術じゅつ館かんには、近きん代だい美び術じゅつの素す晴ばらしいコレクションがある。

    This museum has a wonderful collection of modern art.

    KMT3Art & DesignHistory
    近きん代だい文ぶん学がくは、個こ人じんの内ない面めんを深ふかく掘ほり下さげた作さく品ひんが多おおい。

    Modern literature often features works that deeply explore the inner self of individuals.

    KMT5LiteratureHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    近
    ちか.い…(5)
    near・early・akin・tantamount
    代
    か.わる・かわ.る・かわ.り・か.わり・-がわ.り・-が.わり…(6)
    substitute・change・convert・replace・period…(6)
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