► 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:
- 彼も最近人間がこなれてきた ⇨ Recently he has become a well-rounded person
- 彼は最近殆ど顔を出さない ⇨ He rarely visits us recently
- 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
- 最近私は現金を持たずに何処でも行く ⇨ Nowadays I go everywhere without carrying cash
- 日本語の「引き籠もり」は最近外国でもそのまま通じる ⇨ Recently Japanese word “hikikomori (= social withdrawal)” is understood as it is even in foreign countries
- 最近仕事が面白い ⇨ Nowadays I’m enjoying my work
- 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
- 最近の米国は政局の振れが大きい ⇨ Recently US politics has had big swings
- 最近彼は挨拶もしない ⇨ He doesn’t even say hi to me lately
- 最近時間が経つのが早く感じる ⇨ Recently it feels like time really flies
- ピアノは最近始めたばかりだから未だ殆ど弾けない ⇨ I’ve just started playing the piano recently, so I still can’t play much
- 最近疲れが取れない ⇨ Lately I can’t shake off fatigue
- 最近運動する暇もない ⇨ I haven’t had time even to exercise lately
- 最近なかなか寝付けない ⇨ Recently I can’t fall asleep easily
- 最近の殆どの車はモノコック構造を持つ ⇨ Most of cars today have monocoque structures