きんだい

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of きんだい – see the following entry.
【近代】
[noun] modern times, variously described as encompassing the Renaissance, the Age of Discovery, the Reformation and the rise of modern capitalism; or from the Meiji Restoration to the end of the Pacific War, which is then followed by 現代 (gendai)
(This term, きんだい (kindai), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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