Vocabulary

What does 近頃 (ちかごろ, chikagoro) mean?

近頃 (ちかごろ, chikagoro) means recently, these days.

Quick facts
Reading	ちかごろ
Romaji	chikagoro
Part of speech	adverb, noun, no-adjective
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)	N3

近頃ちかごろ

N3 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonchikagoro

recently, these days

1adverb · noun · no-adjective lately; recently; nowadays
2adverb terribly; awfully; extremely

Example sentences

近頃(ちかごろ)、寒(さむ)くなってきましたね。
It's gotten cold lately, hasn't it?
近頃(ちかごろ)の若(わか)い人(ひと)はあまり本(ほん)を読(よ)まない。
Young people these days don't read much.

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