No. 2,784 in Japanese
近頃
"近頃" means "recently" or "these days."
In a sentence
近頃、私は料理を学び始めました。
Recently, I have started learning to cook.
近頃 is used to indicate a time frame around present or recent days.
近頃、天気がずっと雨模様ですね。
Recently, the weather has been continuously rainy.
近頃 implies a continuation or trend of conditions observed nowadays.
近頃の映画は特に面白いと思います。
I think recent movies are particularly interesting.
近頃 is referring to a general characteristic or trend from the recent times compared to the past.
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