Word Meaning 昨今

さっこん sakkon

昨今 is read as さっこん (sakkon) and means nowadays.

Meaning

English

nowadays
recently

Reading

Kana

さっこん

Romaji

sakkon

Writing Variants

昨今さくこん sakukon

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 2959 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

昨日今日

きのうきょう

yesterday and today

昨日の今日

きのうのきょう

right on the heels of yesterday

昨日や今日

きのうやきょう

only recently

昨日の友は今日の敵

きのうのともはきょうのてき

a friend today may turn against you tomorrow

昨非今是

さくひこんぜ

complete reversal of values or ways of thinking

今是昨非

こんぜさくひ

complete reversal of values or ways of thinking (over time)

昨日

さくじつ

yesterday

昨夜

ゆうべ

evening

昨年

さくねん

last year

昨夜

さくや

evening

昨晩

さくばん

last night

昨年度

さくねんど

previous year (fiscal, academic, etc.)