Definition of 近代 (きんだい)
きんだい
近代
きんだい
kindai
Common word
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)
See also:明治維新
Related Kanji
| 近 | near, early, akin, tantamount |
| 代 | substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee |