► 名詞
最近 [さいきん] meaning: recent rank: 1
☆ その事はつい最近まで知らなかった ⇨ I didn’t knew about it until very recently
☆ 最近どうも疲れが取れない ⇨ Recently I can’t get rid of fatigue
☆ 最近の若者 ⇨ Today’s young people
☆ 最近買った服 ⇨ The clothe I bought recently (☛ The other day)
More examples:
- 最近疲れが取れない ⇨ I haven’t been able to get rid of tiredness laterly
- 彼は最近元気が無い ⇨ Recently he doesn’t have energy, he seems depressed
- 最近夜中に何度も目覚める ⇨ Recently I wake up many times during the night
- 最近社会の紀律が乱れている ⇨ The morals of society has been deteriorating lately
- 最近彼から何の連絡も無い ⇨ There hasn’t been any communication from him recently
- 最近運動する暇もない ⇨ I haven’t had time even to exercise lately
- 最近鬱がひどい ⇨ I’ve had a severe depression lately
- 彼女は最近沢山の宣伝に出ている ⇨ She appears in many ads lately
- 最近忙し過ぎて女房とろくに話しもしていない ⇨ Recently I’ve been too busy and I’ve barely talked to my wife
- 最近生活費が急騰した ⇨ Recently cost of living has risen sharply
- 最近は似たような女優ばっかりだ ⇨ Nowadays there are full of actresses who look similar
- 最近の女優は皆整形している ⇨ Most of the actresses today have had plastic surgeries
- 最近似たような犯罪が激増している ⇨ Lately similar crimes have increased dramatically
- 最近売行きがさっぱりだ ⇨ The sales are abysmal recently
- 最近昔は無かった色の車を良く見掛けるようになった ⇨ Recently I see cars with colors we didn’t see in the past