This is the 137th most frequent Japanese word.
現在
"現在" means "present" or "current (time)."
'現在' indicates 'currently' or 'at present', showing the current time when an action is happening.
彼は現在学校で勉強しています。
He is currently studying at school.
'現在' means 'up to the present time', emphasizing the time frame from the past until now.
これは現在までの記録で最速です。
This is the fastest record so far.
'現在' specifies 'current' as an attribute of the noun it modifies, indicating technology of the present era.