Illustration: During a video call in a Japanese apartment, a new parent angles a tablet so an old friend can see the sleeping baby beside them and the half-unpacked living room. Open moving boxes, a newly assembled crib, and a drying rack of tiny clothes reveal their present circumstances.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

近きん況きょう

kinkyou

recent news, current situation

Example sentences

  1. トムは、ジョンの近況きんきょうをメアリーに聞ききました。

    Tom asked Mary how John was doing.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 友達ともだちが私わたしの近況きんきょうを尋たずねる手紙てがみを送おくってきた。

    My friend sent me a letter asking how I was.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 現在は二人の子供の幼稚園の送り迎えを元彌が日課とし、夫婦共々ブログにて近況を綴っている。

    At present, Motoya takes two children to and from the kindergarten everyday, and the couple are separately reporting recent events on their respective blogs.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 近況

  • 近near; earlyOnキン・コンKunちかい
  • 況condition; situationOnキョウKunまして・いわんや・おもむき

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