"最近" means "lately", "recently"

Kanji in this word

Related words "最"

• 最も (mottomo)most
• 最初 (saisho)beginning
• 最寄りの (moyorino)nearby, nearest
• 最良の (sairyono)best
• 最中 (monaka)been jam filled wafers
• 最小限 (saishogen)minimum

Related words "近"

• 付近 (fukin)environs, neighborhood, vicinity
• 側近 (sokkin)close associate
• 卑近 (hikin)common
• 近い (chikai)close
• 近頃 (chikagoro)nowadays, recently
• 接近する (sekkinsuru)approach