[ha] (prt) (1) (pronounced わ in modern Japanese) topic marker particle; (2) indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); (3) adds emphasis; (P) #4
[he] (prt) (pronounced え in modern Japanese) indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to"); (P) #30
[reru ; rareru] (aux-v, v1) (1) (れる for 五段 verbs, られる for 一段. Follows the imperfective form of (v5) and (vs) verbs) (See 未然形, 迷惑の受身・めいわくのうけみ) indicates passive voice (inc. the "suffering passive"); (2) (no imperative form. Infrequently used in modern Japanese, e.g. 歩ける is favoured over 歩かれる) (See ら抜き言葉・らぬきことば) indicates the potential form; (3) (no imperative form) indicates spontaneous occurrence; (4) (hon) (no imperative form) used as an honorific for others' actions #41
[まえ, mae] (n-pref) (1) (See 前・まえ) the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. "the last mayor"); previous; one-time; former; (2) (before the name of an era) pre- (e.g. "premodern"); (adj-no, n) (3) before; earlier; (P) #147
[あたらしい, atarashii] (adj-i) new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern; (P) #198
[どう, dou] (n) (1) (abbr) road; (2) way; (3) Buddhist teachings; (4) Taoism; (5) modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido); (6) historical administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.); (7) province (Tang-era administrative region of China); (8) province (modern administrative region of Korea) #201
[うた, uta] (n) (1) (歌, 唄 only) (唄 is primarily used for shamisen songs) song; (2) (歌 only) (See 短歌) classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka); (3) (歌, 詩 only) modern poetry; (P) #610
[げんだい, gendai] (adj-no, n-adv, n) nowadays; modern era; modern times; present-day; (P) #929
[きんだい, kindai] (n, adj-no) present day; modern times; (P) #1582
[しんじん, shinjin] (n, adj-no) (1) new face; newcomer; (2) modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); (P) #1803
[やまと, yamato] (n) (1) Yamato; ancient province corresponding to modern-day Nara Prefecture; (2) (ancient) Japan; (adj-f) (3) (See 大和絵, 大和魂) Japanese; (P) #2108
[きんせい, kinsei] (n, adj-no) early modern times (Azuchi-Momoyama period to Edo period, 1568-1867); modern times; recent times; (P) #5193
[ここん, kokon] (n, adj-no) ancient and modern times; all ages; past and present; (P) #8887
[modan (P); moda-n] (adj-na, n) modern; (P) #12143
[ぞく(P);しょく(ok), zoku (P); shoku (ok)] (n) (1) layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; man of the world; the world; (2) local manners; modern customs; (adj-na, adj-no) (3) common; popular; (4) (ant #13970
[ちくぜん, chikuzen] (n) name of ancient country located in the modern Fukuoka prefecture #14179
[こうご, kougo] (n, adj-no) (1) (See 文語) spoken language; (2) literary style based on (modern) spoken language; (P) #16043
[きる, kiru] (v1, vt) (1) to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; (2) to bear (guilt, etc.); (P) #19999
[おやといがいこくじん, oyatoigaikokujin] (n) hired foreigners; foreign advisors hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era
[shite] (prt) (1) (See からして・1, として・1, にして・1, 為る・1) by (indicating means of action); as (a group, etc.); (2) (as 〜をして in modern Japanese) indicates patient of a causative expression; (3) (after the ren'youkei form of an adjective) acts as a connective; (4) (after an adverb or a particle) adds emphasis; (conj) (5) (See そして) and then
[paritto] (adv, vs) (1) (col) dashing; classy; posh; new; modern; (2) crisp; crisply; crunchy
[アルファかまい, arufa kamai] (n) (See 糒) cooked and dry packed rice (modern version of hoshii rice); processed quick-cooking rice
[urutoramodan] (n) ultramodern
[o-rokkusu] (n) aurochs; urus (extinct ancestor of the modern cow, Bos taurus)
[kasarevusa] (n) (See デモティキ) katharevousa (traditional literary form of modern Greek) (gre
[ソーランぶし, so-ran bushi] (n) traditional work song of Hokkaido herring fishery workers, performed by school students in modern choreographed interpretations
[demoteiki ; jimoteiki] (n) (See カサレヴサ) demotic (everyday form of modern Greek) (gre
[toransumodan] (n) trans-modern
[nau i] (adj-i) (See ナウ) modern (slang from the 1980s); trendy; hip; in; up-to-date
[homo] (n, adj-no) (1) (abbr) (See ホモセクシュアル) homo; homosexual (esp. a male); homosexuality (esp. male-male); (2) (abbr) (See ホモ接合体) homozygote; (3) homogenization; (4) Homo (genus of primates inc. modern humans) (lat
[bougan ; bo-gan] (n) modern crossbow; bow gun
[posutomodanisuto] (adj-no) post-modernist
[posutomodanizumu] (n) postmodernism
[posutomodan] (n) postmodern; post-modern
[posutomodanfeminizumu] (n) postmodern feminism
[moga] (n) (abbr) modern girl; flapper (slang from the 1920s)
[modanaizu] (n) modernize; modernise
[modanisuto] (n) modernist
[modanizumu] (n) modernism; (P)
[modanitei-] (n) modernity
[modanoroji-] (n) modernology
[modan'a-to] (n) modern art
[modanga-ru] (n) modern girl (slang circa the 1920s)
[modanjazu] (n) modern jazz
[modandansu] (n) modern dance; (P)
[modankkurafuto] (n) modern craft
[modanbaree] (n) modern ballet
[modanhora-; modan . hora-] (n) modern horror
[modanbo-i] (n) (arch) (See モダンガール) modern boy (slang circa the 1920s)
[modanraifu] (n) modern life