今風|いまふうimafuu[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjective, na-adjectivemodern; current; contemporary; trendy; latest; up-to-date

• Synonym現代的げんだいてきWrittenWritten and formal; stresses having the characteristics of the present era, as in 「現代的なデザイン」. More formal than 「今風」.
• SynonymコンテンポラリーWrittenLoanword for contemporary; written register, used mostly for the arts, as in 「コンテンポラリーダンス」.
• Related今日的こんにちてきWrittenWritten; stresses fitting the thinking and situation of the moment, as in 「今日的な課題」.
• Related斬新ざんしんWrittenWritten word for novel and original; stresses unprecedented creativity and leans positive.
• Related新式しんしきNeutralNeutral word for new style; stresses new forms or methods, applied mainly to objects and systems.
• Related今めかしいいまめかしいWrittenWritten, archaic word for fashionable; stresses carrying the flavor of the present day. Rare in modern usage.
• RelatedアップツーデートCasualLoanword for up-to-date; tagged colloquial but rare even in speech.
• RelatedナウいCasualColloquial word for trendy; a 1980s buzzword that now itself sounds dated.
• Antonym古風こふうNeutralAntonym: old-fashioned with an old-time flavor; opposite of the current 「今風」, and can read as praise or criticism.
• Antonym旧式きゅうしきNeutralAntonym: old-style, of outdated types and designs; stands against the trendy 「今風」.

Use 「今風」 for the style in fashion right now, as in 「今風の若者」 or 「今風にアレンジ」. For a more formal tone pick 「現代的」. The opposites are 「古風」 and 「旧式」.

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1. 現代的げんだいてきな風俗ふうぞく。今様いまよう。