the modern era; present-day or recent times; the age of modernity and modernization.
近代の交通は飛躍的に発展した。
Modern transportation has developed dramatically.
近代の価値観は産業化とともに変わった。
Modern values changed along with industrialization.
近代では情報通信が非常に重要だ。
In modern times, information and communication are extremely important.
a historical term; in Japan it often refers to the period from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II.
近代日本の産業化は急速に進んだ。
Japan's industrialization in the modern period proceeded rapidly.
近代文学は西洋の影響を受けて発展した。
Modern literature developed under Western influence.