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modern state; modern nation
明治政府は近代国家の建設を急いだ。
The Meiji government hurried to build a modern nation-state.
政治学の講義でアジアの近代国家の形成を比較した。
The political science lecture compared how modern nation-states formed in Asia.
指導者は近代国家を目指すと国民に宣言した。
The leader declared to the citizens that they would strive to become a modern nation-state.