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    最近

    最さい近きん

    recently

    N4KMT1News #1+1CoreDaily LifeKanji Vocab19 strokes

    さいきん

    Noun, Particle, Adverb

    1.
    recently, lately, these days, nowadays, right now

    Particle

    2.
    nearest, closest

    Stroke 0 / 19

    Speed1.0x

    最さい近きん、忙いそがしいです。

    I've been busy recently.

    KMT1Daily Life
    最さい近きん、何なにか面おも白しろいことありましたか。

    Has anything interesting happened recently?

    KMT2Daily Life
    最さい近きん、健けん康こうのために運うん動どうを始はじめました。

    Recently, I started exercising for my health.

    KMT3Daily LifeMedicine & Health
    最さい近きんオープンしたカフェは、とても人にん気きがあります。

    The cafe that recently opened is very popular.

    KMT3Daily LifeFood & Dining
    最さい近きんの技ぎ術じゅつ革かく新しんは、私わたしたちの生せい活かつを大おおきく変かえました。

    Recent technological innovations have greatly changed our lives.

    KMT4Daily LifeTechnology

    Kanji that make up this word

    最
    もっと.も・つま…(3)
    utmost・most・extreme
    近
    ちか.い…(5)
    near・early・akin・tantamount
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