N4Noun

🕐Time & Dates

最近さいきん

saikin

recently, nowadays, in recent years, most recent, latest

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Example sentence

それは最近の写真？

Is it a recent picture?

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Kanji in 最近

utmost, most, extreme

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Words with the same kanji

Word	JLPT	Reading	Meaning
近い	N5	ちかい	ちかいnear, close by, short
近く	N5	ちかく	ちかくnearby; in the neighborhood
最後	N4	さいご	さいごlast, end
近所	N4	きんじょ	きんじょneighborhood
最初	N4	さいしょ	さいしょbeginning, first
最も	N4	もっとも	もっともmost
最高	N3	さいこう	さいこうhighest, supreme, the most
最終	N3	さいしゅう	さいしゅうlast, closing

More Time & Dates words

Word	Reading	Meaning
日	ひ	ひsun, sunshine, day
月	つき	つきmoon (general word)
間	あいだ	あいだbetween / while / interval (e.g. 友達[ともだち]と先生[せんせい]の間[あいだ] = between friend and teacher)
今度	こんど	こんどnow, this time, near future, one of these days, next time
時代	じだい	じだいage, period, epoch, era
最後	さいご	さいごlast, end
この頃	このごろ	このごろthese days, nowadays
明日	あす	あすtomorrow (formal)

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