modernization

to modernize

a play focusing on modern events and issues from World War II and up; contemporary drama, a modern play

modern

modern man/person

modern language / (especially in reference to Japanese) modern Japanese; Japanese in its current form, spoken since the Meiji era and based on the Tokyo dialect

smaller kanji historically used as a pronunciation guide, similar to modern furigana

kanji approved for regular use by the 文部科学省 (Monbu-kagaku-shō, “Japanese Ministry of Education”)

Sino-Korean vocabulary or "Hanja-eo"

The iteration mark 々, which indicates that the previous kanji ought to be repeated.