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近頃 (ちかごろ): lately, recently, nowadays — Japanese vocabulary

近頃 is read ちかごろ and means "lately, recently, nowadays". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

近頃

Reading
ちかごろ · chikagoro
Translation
lately, recently, nowadays
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
ちかごろが

Example

近頃、子供は外に遊びに出ない。

ちかごろ、こどもはそとにあそびにでない。

Nowadays children do not play outdoors.

Kanji in this word

  • 近 — near
  • 頃 — Time, About, Toward

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