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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

最さい近きん

N4
さいきん saikin
  1. latest
  2. nowadays
nounの-adjectiveadverb

Chinese meanings

最近;近来

Examples

  • 最さい近きんは読どく書しょの時じ間かんがほとんどない。
    I've got little time for reading these days.
    最近几乎没有时间读书。
  • 母ははは最さい近きんまで入にゅう院いんしていました。
    My mother has been in the hospital until recently.
    母亲直到最近还住在医院里。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('df21df827a'); // 最近
{
  "id": "df21df827a",
  "word": "最近",
  "reading": "さいきん",
  "romaji": "saikin",
  "meanings": [
    "latest",
    "nowadays"
  ],
  "level": "N4",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "adj-no",
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1293780,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "最近は読書の時間がほとんどない。",
      "furigana": "{最近|さいきん}は{読書|どくしょ}の{時間|じかん}がほとんどない。",
      "en": "I've got little time for reading these days.",
      "tatoeba_id": 170658
    },
    {
      "ja": "母は最近まで入院していました。",
      "furigana": "{母|はは}は{最近|さいきん}まで{入院|にゅういん}していました。",
      "en": "My mother has been in the hospital until recently.",
      "tatoeba_id": 82998
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "0b2aa2ad4f300e762eebc600b52949007a632bf496884fa973782b1cbe3cb4ec",
    "meanings": [
      "最近",
      "近来"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "最近は読書の時間がほとんどない。",
        "zh": "最近几乎没有时间读书。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "母は最近まで入院していました。",
        "zh": "母亲直到最近还住在医院里。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n4/df21df827a",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "09b9967a3331ab38f80fb9acb42d61a309b79dff2279956325951a116f71c801"
  }
}