► 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:
- 最近彼は暴力的な言動が目立つようになった ⇨ Recently he exhibited a lot of violent speech and behavior
- 最近は警察官のなり手が少ない ⇨ Nowadays few people wants to be a police officer
- 彼女は最近沢山の宣伝に出ている ⇨ She appears in many ads lately
- 最近似たような事件が頻繁に起こっている ⇨ Recently similar incidents have been happening frequently
- 彼は最近当たっている ⇨ He’s been hitting well lately
- なんかあいつ最近元気無いね ⇨ He kind of looks depressed lately
- 最近はシャツの裾を出して着ることが多くなってきた ⇨ Recently many people leave their shirt hems out, wear their shirts untucked
- 最近はいつも和服を着ている人は殆どいない ⇨ There are few people who wear traditional Japanese clothes all the time
- 最近疲れが溜まる ⇨ Recently my fatigue has accumulated, I’m always tired
- うちの子供が最近大人びてきた ⇨ My kid has started to look like an adult lately
- 最近夜中に何度も目覚める ⇨ Recently I wake up many times during the night
- 彼は最近奇行が目立つようになった ⇨ He has been exhibiting strange behaviors recently
- 最近ガソリンの価格が激しく上下している ⇨ Recently gas price has been going up and down, fluctuating, hard
- 最近運動する暇もない ⇨ I haven’t had time even to exercise lately
- 最近突然動悸がすることがある ⇨ Recently I have experienced sudden palpitations