現げん生せい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

living in the present; present-day existence

Refers to living or existing in the current era, often used in biological or philosophical contexts to contrast with extinct or past forms. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to live in the present'.

• 現げん生せいの人じん類るいはホモ・サピエンスだけである。

  The only living human species is Homo sapiens.

• 彼かれは過か去こにとらわれず、現げん生せいすることを選えらんだ。

  He chose to live in the present, not bound by the past.