Word Meaning 昨今

さくこん sakukon

昨今 is read as さくこん (sakukon) and means nowadays.

Meaning

English

nowadays
recently

Reading

Kana

さくこん

Romaji

sakukon

Writing Variants

昨今さっこん sakkon

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 3268 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)

昨夜

さくや

evening

昨日

きのう

yesterday

昨年

さくねん

last year

昨晩

さくばん

last night

昨年度

さくねんど

previous year (fiscal, academic, etc.)

昨年来

さくねんらい

since last year

Example Sentences

失業率が上昇の一途をたどる昨今の景気動向を勘案して、政府は追加の経済対策を打ち出した。

Taking into account the continued steady rise of unemployment in the current economic climate, the government issued some new economic measures.

このメルマガは、昨今の語学産業界の甘言に躍らされることなく、文法解釈という古典的学習法こそ王道と信じて疑わない方のためのメルマガです。

This e-zine is for those who, unswayed by the cajolery of the modern language industry, firmly trust that the traditional learning method of grammatical analysis is the way to go.