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最近 (さいきん): recently, nowadays, in recent years, most recent, latest — Japanese vocabulary

最近 is read さいきん and means "recently, nowadays, in recent years, most recent, latest". JLPT N4 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

最近

Reading
さいきん · saikin
Translation
recently, nowadays, in recent years, most recent, latest
Level
JLPT N4
Pitch accent
さいきんが

Example

最近、よく眠れません。

さいきん、よくねむれません。

I haven't been sleeping well lately.

Kanji in this word

  • 最 — most, utmost
  • 近 — near

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