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げんざい
現在
めっし
滅私
ほうこう
奉公
なく
めつ
おおやけ
たてまつ
わたし
じだい
時代
われています

In the old days people valued selflessness. But this generation seems to make a virtue out of selfishness.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
now; current; present; present time; as of
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1
Most common form: めっし
noun
selflessness; being unselfish
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1
service; apprenticeship; public duty
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1
1. nonexistent; not being (there)  (see also: 亡い; often written with kana only)
2. unpossessed; unowned; not had
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0
public; open; formal; official; governmental
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4
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to offer; to present  (humble)
2. to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance
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0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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0
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), noun
1. period; epoch; era; age
2. the times; those days
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0
1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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Kanji
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ゲン    present   あらわれる to appear   あらわ to show   
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ザイ   あ to exist   
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メツ   ほろぼす to destroy   ほろびる to be destroyed   
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シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ホウ   ブ   たてまつ to present, offer, revere   
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コウ   おおやけ official, public   
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ジ   とき time, occasion   
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タイ   ダイ   かえる to replace, to exchange   かわる to be exchanged   よ the world   しろ substitute   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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