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    3. 当代

    当代

    当とう代だい

    the present age

    KMT9News #32+1Noun, Particle, AdverbDaily LifeKanji Vocab11 strokes

    とうだい

    Noun, Particle, Adverb

    1.
    the present age, these days, (present) head of the family

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    当とう代だいの若わか者ものは、デジタル技ぎ術じゅつに精せい通とおしている。

    Young people of the present age are well-versed in digital technology.

    KMT7Daily LifeTechnology
    この家いえは、当とう代だいで五ご代だい目めとなる。

    This house is now in its fifth generation, with the current head of the family.

    KMT8Family & RelationshipsHome & Housing
    当とう代だいの芸げい術じゅつ家かたちは、伝でん統とうと革かく新しんの融ゆう合ごうを試こころみている。

    Artists of the present age are attempting to fuse tradition and innovation.

    KMT9Art & DesignCulture & Traditions
    当とう代だい随ずい一いちの学がく者しゃとして、彼かれの功こう績せきは計はかり知しれない。

    As the foremost scholar of the present age, his achievements are immeasurable.

    KMT9EducationDaily Life
    当とう代だいの流りゅう行こうは、過か去このスタイルを再さい解かい釈しゃくしたものが多おおい。

    Many trends of the present age are reinterpretations of past styles.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsFashion & BeautyHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    当
    あ.たる・あ.たり・あ.てる・あ.て・まさ.に・まさ.にべし…(2)
    hit・right・appropriate・himself
    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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