JLPT N3 · Noun / adverb

近頃 (chikagoro)

近頃 (ちかごろ, chikagoro) is a Japanese noun / adverb meaning “lately; recently”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ちかごろ
Romaji: chikagoro
Word class: Noun / adverb
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

lately; recently; nowadays · adverb, noun, noun taking の
terribly; awfully; extremely · adverb · dated

Example sentences

近頃は旅行は楽だ。

Travelling is easy these days.

Tatoeba #179829

近ごろ彼女から便りがない。

I have not heard from her recently.

Tatoeba #179856

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 近頃

近

near, early, akinキン・コン・ちか.い · 7 strokes

頃

time, about, towardケイ・キョウ・ころ・ごろ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 近頃.

近いちかいnear近くちかくnear最近さいきんrecently近所きんじょneighbourhood近代きんだいpresent day近視きんしmyopia接近せっきんgetting closer近々ちかぢかsoon付近ふきんneighborhood近寄るちかよるto approach近付けるちかづけるto bring near近眼きんがんnearsightedness近郊きんこうoutskirts身近みぢかnear oneself

Source: JMdict entry 1242300 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.