最近
N4さいきん saikin
- latest
- nowadays
nounの-adjectiveadverb
Chinese meanings
最近;近来
Examples
- 最近は読書の時間がほとんどない。I've got little time for reading these days.最近几乎没有时间读书。
- 母は最近まで入院していました。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"
}
}