さいきん
Meanings
Adverb
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. recently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now
Adjective (の)
2. nearest; closest
Kanji used
utmost
near
Pitch accent
いきん
Top 400
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
only recently; just of late
How are you?; What's up?
very recently; in the very recent past
nearest kin; nearest of blood; next of kin; nearest relative
very recently; in the very recent past
Examples (108 in total)
They got married only recently.
I've taken up painting recently.
The elder passed away recently.