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[げん()·()]
genze
noun, no adjective, outdated reading

Alternate Written Forms:

[げん()·せい()]
gensei
[げん()·()]
gense
[うつしよ(現世)]
utsushiyo
Outdated Reading
[うつ()··()]
utsushiyo
Outdated Reading

English Meaning(s) for 現世

noun, no adjective
  1. present world; present age; transient world; life (usu. げんせ)
  2. recent epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)

Definition and Synonyms for 現世

Earth the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell)
Synonyms: 下界, 下界, この世, 俗界, 現世
Nowadays the period of time that is happening now
Synonyms: このほど, この世, , , 今い, 今日, 今日日, 今日この頃, 今時, 刻下, 当世, 当今, 当座, 当節, 方今, 日ごろ, 昨今, 時下, 最近, 本日, 此の中, 此の内, , 現つ, 現下, 現世, 現今, 現代, 現在, 現時点, 目下, 目下, この節, 輓近, 近頃, この頃, この頃
Nowadays any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech
Synonyms: このほど, この世, , , 今い, 今日, 今日日, 今日この頃, 今時, 刻下, 当世, 当今, 当座, 当節, 方今, 日ごろ, 昨今, 時下, 最近, 本日, 此の中, 此の内, , 現つ, 現下, 現世, 現今, 現代, 現在, 現時点, 目下, 目下, この節, 輓近, 近頃, この頃, この頃

Meanings for each kanji in 現世

» present; existing; actual
» generation; world; society; public

Categories 現世 is a member of

Location a point or extent in space
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Time the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
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