最さい近きん
Meanings
Adverb
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. recently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now
But lately, I get anxious.
Adjective (の)
2. nearest; closest
Kanji used
utmost
near
Pitch accent
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いきん
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Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
only recently; just of late
very recently; in the very recent past
How are you?; What's up?
Examples (147 in total)
What have you been up to recently?
But lately, I get anxious.
They got married only recently.
What have you been doing?
Cars today are amazing.
I've made more friends recently.
I've taken up painting recently.
My memory has been unreliable lately.
He died recently.
He is depressed lately.
I've been extremely busy lately.
I've gained weight recently.
Have you had a lot on your mind recently?
The computer is a recent invention.
Recently communism has extended its power.
Pro baseball is interesting these days.
Juvenile crimes have been increasing recently.
My father has given up smoking recently.
By the way, have you seen him lately?
My father has recently returned to Japan.
I'm OK. I've just been busy recently.
He has taken to drinking recently.
Lately, management at the store has gotten lax.
That person has been coming by often lately, I notice.
He has recently returned from France.
My mother has been in the hospital until recently.
He has been mentally worn down lately.
They moved here recently.
Recently, this kind of thing had become less frequent.
Cats don't eat mice these days.
But recently, he had been acting alone.
The rules were recently relaxed.
My father has been really into fishing lately.
I've been eating pasta every day lately.
He set up a company recently.
John has put on a lot of weight recently.
Wireless keyboards are popular these days.
Manual cars have become rare these days.
Tom's been really into drumming recently.
Have you been in contact with Mr White recently?
It's been sunny day after day lately.
My father has gone crazy about golf lately.
The computer is a relatively recent invention.
Tom's been crazy about Chinese food lately.
Is this dress the latest fashion?
You work too hard these days. Aren't you tired?
Tom's been hooked on Japanese food recently.
The birth rate has been decreasing recently.
She is singing the latest popular songs.
The value of the dollar has fallen recently.
I saw Rosalie O'Connor recently.
There's a trend these days towards small families.
I've been spending a lot of time at home recently.
Lately everyone seems happy.
Indeed, I seem to have been getting tired lately.
By the way, have you heard from him lately?
Do you have a recent photo of yourself?
He got a nice job recently.
I didn't know about that until quite recently.
Someone recently opened it using a key.
Well, parents these days are supposed to be pretty demanding, after all.
This is why young people these days are no good!
Lately my days have been plain and uneventful.
Recently, a new element has been added here.
Don't you think elementary schoolers are taller these days?
This book is selling well these days.
The number of students who come late to class has lately been increasing.
I met him just recently in Kyoto.
However, recently, I've been listening quite seriously.
Even if that weren't the case, things are dangerous these days.
The city has rapidly expanded recently.
The number of students going overseas has been increasing lately.
I hardly ever go out with my parents these days.
I haven't had much sleep lately.
What kind of music has been popular recently?
Men don't wear vests much these days.
That's why I've been double-locking the door recently.
She has recently made remarkable progress in English.
It was only recently that he got well.
He has recently made remarkable progress in English.
Have you experienced nausea recently?
I am interested in chess these days.
Although I have gotten used to it recently, being monitored is unpleasant.
"I haven't been writing English lately." "You won't improve if you don't write every day."
Recently, I've gotten used to his way of speaking.
The activity of foreign trade has been declining of late.
Without an air conditioner, people nowadays cannot live.
I can't keep up with the fashions of young girls these days.
I've not been feeling very well lately.
Import restrictions have been greatly loosened of late.
Recently he's become a really nice person.
Paul studies very hard these days.
Tom hasn't had a fight with anybody lately.
Many old people these days cannot keep up with the times.
That chicken hasn't laid any eggs recently.
He is a recent convert to Catholicism.
Attach a recent photograph to your application form.
I hear that the number of the unemployed has been increasing recently.
Rich mineral deposits have been discovered recently in Afghanistan.
That company has recently branched out into real estate as well.
There's something going on between those two lately, isn't there?
A unique fossil of a tropical plant was found recently.
That's more recent than you think it is.
Have you experienced body aches recently?
They said that recently dogs and cats have been appearing at the school.
Lately he's been cold only to me.
It seems the new card was recently created.
This earth is moist owing to the recent rain.
Your skin has been getting rough a lot lately, hasn't it?
The world's population recently passed 7 billion.
Lately, you seem to be straining yourself a little.
Recently, I had been feeling bored because there was little entertainment.
Events these days are far too commercial.
Recently, many traffic accidents have occurred on that road.
"Lately, I've become close friends with Tom." "Oh, that's good!"
Speaking of Mr. Tanaka, have you seen him lately?
Have you been in contact with one of your old school friends recently?
New facts about ancient China have recently come to light.
Direct flights between New York and Tokyo commenced recently.
He took a cold bath even in winter until recently.
I'm listening to a Harry Potter audio book with the Walkman I just bought.
It is a fact that I have been helped by many people recently.
His latest novel is well worth reading.
Actually, my father recently acquired a rare statue.
I can't keep up with the recent British music scene.
This amusement park has even been putting on all sorts of shows recently.
I read in the newspaper recently that the crops really need rain.
There are signs that this part of the handrail was recently repaired.
The sun was especially strong today, even by recent standards.
It seems that the chemicals inside have not been used recently.
Recently, I meet with my teacher once a week.
Maybe it's my age, but lately stories like this get to me easily.
The restoration work has just recently finished.
He has been suffering from depression recently, which is interfering with his work.
A recent survey shows that the number of smokers is decreasing.
Recently, the price of crude oil has shot up, and the cost of gasoline is going up.
Well, it's true that lately I've gotten interested in clothes and stuff.
We found out recently that some foxes live here on this mountain.
Recently, the number of foreigners working or studying in Japan has increased.
Because of that, more customers have recently been coming in as soon as we open.
I've had a lot on my mind recently and have had trouble falling asleep at night.
Two years ago Tom and Mary split up, but recently they got together again.
I feel like something similar happened just recently, or rather, today in fact.
Until quite recently, most of the things we needed were made by hand.
The couple doesn't fight often these days, but they used to a lot.
During the recent trip to America, I made friends with Jack.
The firm has recently diversified its products so as to extend its market.