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JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

昨さっ今こん

sakkon

these days, nowadays

Somewhat formal, especially in writing. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 昨今さっこん、物価ぶっかは非常ひじょうに高たかい。

    Nowadays prices of commodities are very high.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 昨今さっこん、個人的自由こじんてきじゆうは少すくなくなっている。

    Personal liberty is diminishing nowadays.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 昨今さっこんの健康食品けんこうしょくひんブームにて黒豆くろまめから作つくられる黄粉きなこが人気にんきである。

    Thanks to the strong trend in consumption of health foods in recent years, kinako made from black beans has become popular.

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

Kanji in 昨今

  • 昨yesterday; previousOnサク
  • 今nowOnコン・キンKunいま

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