昨今

さっこん

these days

What does 昨今 mean?

昨今 is a Japanese noun meaning these days in English. It is written as 昨今 in kanji, さっこん in hiragana, and sakkon in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N4 vocabulary.

Example sentence

昨今は災害が頻ぴんとあった。

Recently we have had several disasters.