See 近代 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "近",
"3": "代",
"sort": "きんだい",
"t1": "near",
"t2": "age; period"
},
"expansion": "近 (“near”) + 代 (“age; period”)",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "近 (“near”) + 代 (“age; period”)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "近代",
"ruby": [
[
"近",
"きん"
],
[
"代",
"だい"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "kindai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "きんだい"
},
"expansion": "近(きん)代(だい) • (kindai)",
"name": "ja-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 4 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "ja",
"name": "Present",
"orig": "ja:Present",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "modernization",
"roman": "kindaika",
"ruby": [
[
"近",
"きん"
],
[
"代",
"だい"
],
[
"化",
"か"
]
],
"word": "近代化"
}
],
"glosses": [
"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)"
],
"id": "en-近代-ja-noun-QC97L9RG",
"links": [
[
"modern",
"modern"
],
[
"times",
"times"
],
[
"Renaissance",
"Renaissance"
],
[
"Age of Discovery",
"Age of Discovery"
],
[
"Reformation",
"Reformation"
],
[
"capitalism",
"capitalism"
],
[
"Meiji Restoration",
"Meiji Restoration"
],
[
"Pacific War",
"Pacific War"
],
[
"現代",
"現代#Japanese"
]
],
"related": [
{
"roman": "kinsei",
"ruby": [
[
"近",
"きん"
],
[
"世",
"せい"
]
],
"word": "近世"
},
{
"roman": "kodai",
"ruby": [
[
"古",
"こ"
],
[
"代",
"だい"
]
],
"word": "古代"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "きんだい"
},
{
"ipa": "[kʲĩnda̠i]"
}
],
"word": "近代"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "modernization",
"roman": "kindaika",
"ruby": [
[
"近",
"きん"
],
[
"代",
"だい"
],
[
"化",
"か"
]
],
"word": "近代化"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "近",
"3": "代",
"sort": "きんだい",
"t1": "near",
"t2": "age; period"
},
"expansion": "近 (“near”) + 代 (“age; period”)",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "近 (“near”) + 代 (“age; period”)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "近代",
"ruby": [
[
"近",
"きん"
],
[
"代",
"だい"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "kindai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "きんだい"
},
"expansion": "近(きん)代(だい) • (kindai)",
"name": "ja-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"roman": "kinsei",
"ruby": [
[
"近",
"きん"
],
[
"世",
"せい"
]
],
"word": "近世"
},
{
"roman": "kodai",
"ruby": [
[
"古",
"こ"
],
[
"代",
"だい"
]
],
"word": "古代"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Japanese compound terms",
"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese nouns",
"Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
"Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
"Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"ja:Present"
],
"glosses": [
"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)"
],
"links": [
[
"modern",
"modern"
],
[
"times",
"times"
],
[
"Renaissance",
"Renaissance"
],
[
"Age of Discovery",
"Age of Discovery"
],
[
"Reformation",
"Reformation"
],
[
"capitalism",
"capitalism"
],
[
"Meiji Restoration",
"Meiji Restoration"
],
[
"Pacific War",
"Pacific War"
],
[
"現代",
"現代#Japanese"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "きんだい"
},
{
"ipa": "[kʲĩnda̠i]"
}
],
"word": "近代"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 近代 meaning in Japanese (2.1kB)
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"近代"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "近代",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-07-20 using wiktextract (ed078bd and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.