Illustration: A woman returns from jogging to her apartment doorway, where a neighborhood cat is once again waiting on her shoes. Beside the entrance mirror are several small photographs of the same cat greeting her in different running clothes, all showing the same newly flowering balcony plant.

このごろ

konogoro

these days, lately

Example sentences

ジョンはこの頃ごろ心配しんぱいがない。
John is free from worry these days.
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このごろ暖あたたかい日ひが多おおい。
Recently we have had many mild days.
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私わたしはこのごろとても寂さびしい。
I feel very lonely these days.
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