近代的|きんだいてきkindaiteki

Common
Definitions
  1. na-adjectivemodern
    近代的きんだいてき方法ほうほうで産業さんぎょうは向上こうじょうした。↗
    Modern methods improved industry.
Conjugation
Plain form近代的(きんだいてき)
Polite (desu)近代的です(きんだいてきです)
Negative (dewa nai)近代的ではない(きんだいてきではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)近代的ではありません(きんだいてきではありません)
Past (datta)近代的だった(きんだいてきだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)近代的ではなかった(きんだいてきではなかった)
Te form (de)近代的で(きんだいてきで)
Adverbial (ni)近代的に(きんだいてきに)
Conditional (nara)近代的なら(きんだいてきなら)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymモダンNeutralLoanword for stylish, up-to-the-minute design; it stresses a fashionable look, while 「近代的」 stresses having the features of the modern era.
  • Synonym現代的げんだいてきNeutralRefers to the present day and contemporary styles, stressing the here and now; 「近代的」 usually describes features that come with modernization.
  • Related今日的こんにちてきWrittenA written, formal term for what suits today's era and current thinking, as in 「今日的な課題」; it stresses fitting the present, not modernization.
  • Related斬新ざんしんNeutralMeans novel and original — a newness unlike anything before — with no reference to the era; 「近代的」 is about modern-era character.
  • RelatedコンテンポラリーNeutralLoanword for contemporary, used mostly of art and dance, as in 「コンテンポラリーダンス」; it refers to the present day rather than the modern era.
  • Related今めかしいいまめかしいWrittenAn archaic written word meaning trendy and in tune with the current age; rarely used in modern Japanese.
  • Antonym古風こふうNeutralOld-fashioned in style, thinking or manner; the opposite of the modernizing sense of 「近代的」.
  • Antonym伝統的でんとうてきNeutralTraditional, handed down from the past, as in 「伝統的な建築」; the opposite of the modernizing sense of 「近代的」.
  • Antonym古典的こてんてきNeutralClassical, with the flavor and dignity of the classics, as in 「古典的な手法」; the opposite of 「近代的」.

Use 「近代的」 for things that have the features of the modern era, as in 「近代的な設備」 or 「近代的な思想」. For present-day style say 「現代的」, for a stylish, up-to-date look 「モダン」, and for contemporary art 「コンテンポラリー」. The main opposites are 「伝統的」 and 「古風」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. (思想しそう、制度せいど、技術ぎじゅつ、製作せいさく物ぶつ、芸術げいじゅつなどが)近代きんだいとしての傾向けいこう・特徴とくちょうを備そなえており、前ぜん時代じだいにはない新鮮しんせんさが感かんじられるさま。
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