最近

N4

さいきん

[saikin]

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Meanings

1.NounNo-adjAdverb

recently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now

2.No-adj

nearest; closest

Examples

最近お仕事でお忙しいようですね。

Have you been busy recently?

最近、日本語の勉強を始めました。

I recently started studying Japanese.

最近日本語を勉強している。

I've been studying Japanese recently.