現在形 – vocab dash

現げん在ざい形けい

Meanings

Noun

1. present form; present tense

Kanji used

現right now 在presence 形shape

Pitch accent

げんざいけい

Composed of

現げん在ざい

the present; present time; now; as of; present tense; this world; this life; to actually exist; to exist right now; to exist right in front of one

Noun

形けい

form; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)

Suffix

Examples2

「すべき」というのは、現げん在ざい形けいで書かかれている論ろん文ぶんも散さん見けんされるからです。

I say "should", because theses written in the present tense are still seen around and about.

国こく文ぶん法ぽうの現げん在ざい形けいはこれからのことを示しめす用よう法ほうが多おおい。

There are many uses of the 'present tense' of Japanese grammar which indicate things yet to happen.