JLPT N1 · Noun

現行 (genkou)

現行 (げんこう, genkou) is a Japanese noun meaning “present; current”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: げんこう
Romaji: genkou
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

present; current; in operation · noun, noun taking の

Example sentences

現行の法律は人種の多様性を考慮していない。

Existing legislation does not take diversity of races into account.

Tatoeba #174931

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 現行

現

present, existing, actualゲン・あらわ.れる・あらわ.す · 11 strokes

行

going, journey, carry outコウ・ギョウ・い.く・ゆ.く · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 現行.

実現じつげんimplementation (e.g. of a system)現すあらわすto represent現れあらわれembodiment現金げんきんcash現在げんざいthe present現実げんじつreality現象げんしょうphenomenon現状げんじょうpresent condition現代げんだいpresent age現場げんばactual spot表現ひょうげんexpression現れるあらわれるto appear現にげんにactually現げんpresent (e.g. government, administration)

Source: JMdict entry 1263630 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.