► 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:
- 最近テレビにはろくな番組がない ⇨ There are no good programs on TV
- 彼女は最近急に人気が出た ⇨ She has suddenly become popular recently
- 最近仕事が面白い ⇨ Nowadays I’m enjoying my work
- 最近はそういう人をちらほら見かける ⇨ I see people like that fairly often these days
- 僕は昔はビール一辺倒だったが最近はワインも飲む ⇨ I used to drink beer only, but nowadays drink wine too
- 最近景気が悪い ⇨ Economy is not good lately
- 最近シワが増えてしまった ⇨ I got more wrinkles recently
- 最近火照りに悩まされている ⇨ I’m having a problem with hot flashes lately
- 最近この病気の患者数の増加が見られる ⇨ Recently the increase of the number of patients of this disease has been observed
- 最近の大学は低質な博士を濫造している ⇨ Colleges nowadays are mass producing low quality PhD’s
- 欧米は最近まで日本を蔑視していた ⇨ The westerners would look down on Japan until recently
- 最近胃腸の調子が悪い ⇨ My stomach hasn’t been doing well
- 最近は正座は一般的でなくなった ⇨ Formal sitting is no longer common these days
- 最近若者の間で風紀が乱れている ⇨ Morals are deteriorating among young people lately
- 最近良いラーメン屋を見つけた ⇨ Recently I found a good ramen restaurant