今こん人じん

noun

present-day people; people of this world

A somewhat literary or formal term for people living in the present age, as opposed to people of the past or future. Often used in philosophical or historical contexts.

• 今こん人じんの感かん覚かくでは理り解かいしがたい風ふう習しゅうだ。

  It's a custom that is hard to understand from the perspective of present-day people.

• 古こ典てん文ぶん学がくは今こん人じんにとっても多おおくの示し唆さを与あたえる。

  Classical literature offers many insights even for people of this world.