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    3. 近頃

    近頃

    近ちか頃ごろ

    lately

    N3KMT8CoreDaily LifeKanji Vocab18 strokes

    近ごろ

    ちかごろ

    Adverb, Noun, Particle

    1.
    lately, recently, nowadays

    Adverb

    2.
    terribly, awfully, extremely
    dated term

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    近ちか頃ごろ、忙いそがしいですか?

    Have you been busy lately?

    KMT7Daily Life
    近ちか頃ごろは、健けん康こうのためにウォーキングを始はじめた。

    Recently, I started walking for my health.

    KMT8Daily LifeMedicine & Health
    近ちか頃ごろ、朝あさ晩ばんが冷ひえ込こむようになってきた。

    Lately, mornings and evenings have started to get colder.

    KMT8Daily LifeWeather & Geography
    近ちか頃ごろの若わか者ものは、デジタルネイティブ世せ代だいと呼よばれている。

    Young people nowadays are called the digital native generation.

    KMT9Daily LifeTechnology
    近ちか頃ごろ、環かん境きょう問もん題だいへの関かん心しんが高たかまっている。

    Recently, interest in environmental issues has been growing.

    KMT9Daily LifeNature & Environment

    Kanji that make up this word

    近
    ちか.い…(5)
    near・early・akin・tantamount
    頃
    ころ・ごろ・しばら.く…(3)
    time・about・toward
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