現げん在ざい

noun, adverb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

the present; now; current

The ordinary modern sense. Used as a noun, as an adverb meaning “at present,” and before の to mean “current” or “present-day.”

• 現げん在ざい、東とう京きょうに住すんでいます。

  I currently live in Tokyo.

• 現げん在ざいの状じょう況きょうを説せつ明めいします。

  I will explain the current situation.

noun, used as a suffix

as of

Suffix-like use after a date, time, or reference point, especially in reports, statistics, and official statements.

• 4月がつ1つい日たち現げん在ざいの人じん口こうは約やく五ご万まん人にんです。

  The population as of April 1 is about fifty thousand.

noun

present tense

Grammar term referring to the present tense or present-time form of an expression.

• この文ぶんの時じ制せいは現げん在ざいです。

  The tense of this sentence is present.

noun

this world; this life

Buddhist use corresponding to 現世: the present life or this world, as opposed to past or future lives.

See also: 現世

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、現げん在ざいがこの世よの生せいを指さすことがある。

  In Buddhism, 現在 can refer to this life in this world.

noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

actually exist; exist now; be present before one

Used as 現在する. This is much less common than 現在 as “now,” and has a formal or literary feel, often meaning that something exists here and now or stands before one as a reality.

• 私わたしたちは眼がん前ぜんに現げん在ざいする危き機きに対たい処しょしなければならない。

  We must deal with the crisis that is present before our eyes.