Kanji1 / 11
現 kanji
present, existing, actual
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
ゲン
Kun readings
あらわれるあらわすうつつうつつ
Words with 現
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —現代文学contemporary literature; modern literature
- —事故現場scene of an accident; crash site; accident scene
- —発掘現場dig site; excavation site
- —生産現場point of production; production site; shop floor
- —撮影現場movie set; filming location
- —取材現場reporting location; news-gathering site; the scene
- —現代語訳modern translation; translation into modern language (of a classical text, e.g. The Tale of Genji)
- —現役選手active player; player on the active list
- —現代美術contemporary art
- —現代生活contemporary life; present-day life
- —建設現場construction site
- —現業官庁government agency providing public services; government agency involved in public enterprise
- —現代国語modern Japanese (esp. as a school subject)
- —近現代史modern history; modern and current history; recent history; recent contemporary history
- —現地採用hiring locally; locally-hire; local employee; employment of local staff
- —作業現場job site; workplace
- —現行犯人flagrant offender
- —現状渡しhanding something over in its present state; selling as-is (esp. second-hand goods)
- —現代っ子child of the times; modern kid; kids of today; with-it youngster
- —熊野権現kami of the three main Kumano shrines