最近

さいきん

saikin

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きん

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さい
きん

saikin

Common
Relative commonness of this word, based on various sources (incl. newspapers)
Common
JLPT N4
Kanji difficulty according to the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. N5 is easiest and N1 is hardest
JLPT N4
JLPT N5
Kanji difficulty according to the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. N5 is easiest and N1 is hardest
JLPT N5
Genki Ch. 15
Appears in chapter 15 of the Genki textbook
Genki Ch. 15
の-adj.
Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
の-adj.
  1. recently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now

    Adv. noun
    Adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
    Adv. noun
    Noun (temporal)
    Noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
    Noun (temporal)
    EXAMPLE
    最近(さいきん)どう?
    How have you been recently?
  2. nearest; closest

What does 最近 mean in English?

  1. recently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now(n-adv, n-t, adj-no)
  2. nearest; closest(adj-no)

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最近 (saikin)