さいきん
Meanings
Noun
1. 現在から近い過去までの期間のこと。状況によってその幅は変化する。このごろ。ちかごろ。
2. あることを基準として、それに最も近い値のこと。
Kanji used
utmost
near
Pitch accent
いきん
Top 400
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
only recently; just of late
very recently; in the very recent past
How are you?; What's up?
Examples (106 in total)
They got married only recently.
I've taken up painting recently.
The elder passed away recently.
He is depressed lately.
I've gained weight recently.
Recently I have had no appetite.
The computer is a recent invention.
Did you play tennis recently?
My phone has been acting weird recently.
Pro baseball is interesting these days.
Juvenile crimes have been increasing recently.
My father has given up smoking recently.
Have you changed your profile picture recently?
By the way, have you seen him lately?
Have you heard from him recently?
My father has recently returned to Japan.
I'm OK. I've just been busy recently.
He has taken to drinking recently.
Has anything good happened lately?
My internet connection has been really slow lately.
He has recently returned from France.
My mother has been in the hospital until recently.
Modern cats don't eat rats.
Cats don't eat mice these days.
The rules were recently relaxed.
John has put on a lot of weight recently.
I've been eating pasta every day lately.
He set up a company recently.
I haven't had a cold recently.
Tom's been really into drumming recently.
The computer is a relatively recent invention.
Tom's been crazy about Chinese food lately.
Is this dress the latest fashion?
Tom's been hooked on Japanese food recently.
The birth rate has been decreasing recently.
She is singing the latest popular songs.
The value of the dollar has fallen recently.
I saw Rosalie O'Connor recently.
There's a trend these days towards small families.
Has something fun happened lately?
I've been spending a lot of time at home recently.
I don't have contact recently from him.
Do you have a recent photo of yourself?
He got a nice job recently.
I didn't know about that until quite recently.
Have you read any interesting books lately?
This book is selling well these days.
Don't you think elementary schoolers are taller these days?
The number of students who come late to class has lately been increasing.
I met him just recently in Kyoto.
The number of students going overseas has been increasing lately.
The city has rapidly expanded recently.
I hardly ever go out with my parents these days.
I haven't had much sleep lately.
Men don't wear vests much these days.
She has recently made remarkable progress in English.
Lately, we see crows everywhere.
What kind of music has been popular recently?
It was only recently that he got well.
He has recently made remarkable progress in English.
Have you experienced nausea recently?
I am interested in chess these days.
"I haven't been writing English lately." "You won't improve if you don't write every day."
The activity of foreign trade has been declining of late.
Recently, I've gotten used to his way of speaking.
Without an air conditioner, people nowadays cannot live.
I've not been feeling very well lately.
Import restrictions have been greatly loosened of late.
Recently he's become a really nice person.
Paul studies very hard these days.
Now the company can justify such expenditure.
That chicken hasn't laid any eggs recently.
He is a recent convert to Catholicism.
Attach a recent photograph to your application form.
I hear that the number of the unemployed has been increasing recently.
Rich mineral deposits have been discovered recently in Afghanistan.
A unique fossil of a tropical plant was found recently.
That's more recent than you think it is.
Have you experienced body aches recently?
Recently, I've been crying every day. I feel too anxious about the future.
This earth is moist owing to the recent rain.
Few students use pencils these days.
Mary has been wearing blue dresses a lot recently.
"Lately, I've become close friends with Tom." "Oh, that's good!"
Recently, the dignity and importance of the Japanese father has diminished.
Speaking of Mr. Tanaka, have you seen him lately?
Many old people these days can't keep up with the times.
New facts about ancient China have recently come to light.
Direct flights between New York and Tokyo commenced recently.
He took a cold bath even in winter until recently.
His latest novel is well worth reading.
I can't keep up with the recent British music scene.
I read in the newspaper recently that the crops really need rain.
Nowadays it isn't unusual for a woman to travel alone.
Due to the recent hurricane, a lot of people lost their homes.
A recent survey shows that the number of smokers is decreasing.
Recently, the price of crude oil has shot up, and the cost of gasoline is going up.
We found out recently that some foxes live here on this mountain.
Recently, the number of foreigners working or studying in Japan has increased.
Until quite recently, most of the things we needed were made by hand.
The couple doesn't fight often these days, but they used to a lot.
During the recent trip to America, I made friends with Jack.
The firm has recently diversified its products so as to extend its market.
The world's population recently passed 7 billion.
Recently, I meet with my teacher once a week.
Two years ago Tom and Mary split up, but recently they got together again.