Word Meaning ごく最近

ごくさいきん gokusaikin

ごく最近 is read as ごくさいきん (gokusaikin) and means very recently.

Meaning

English

very recently
in the very recent past

Reading

Kana

ごくさいきん

Romaji

gokusaikin

Writing Variants

極最近 ごくさいきん gokusaikin

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 57006 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

最接近

さいせっきん

closest approach

最も近い共通祖先

もっともちかいきょうつうそせん

most recent common ancestor

付近

ふきん

neighborhood

遠近

えんきん

distance

側近

そっきん

close associate

期近

きぢか

near maturity (esp. futures contract)

直近

ちょっきん

latest

Example Sentences

彼女はごく最近になって彼に会った。

She met him only recently.

石油が化学製品の材料として用いられるようになったのはごく最近のことである。

It is only recently that crude oil has come to be used to make chemical products.