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昨今

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 昨今

っこん
さくこん
Adverb
Noun
Freq #14437
1

these days; nowadays; recently; lately

Examples
昨今は災害が頻ぴんとあった。
Recently we have had several disasters.

Kanji in this Word

9 strokes
Frequency: 226
JLPT N2
Grade 4

Meanings

yesterday
previous

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
サク
4 strokes
Frequency: 49
JLPT N4
Grade 2

Meanings

now

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
コン
キン
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
いま
Nanori — Specialized readings used in names
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