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ごく最近 (ごくさいきん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ごく最さい近きん

Meanings

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noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun, adverb

very recently; in the very recent past

Emphasizes that something happened just a short time ago; often used with past-tense verbs.

ごく最さい近きん、彼かれは引ひっ越こしたばかりだ。
He moved very recently.
ごく最さい近きんの出で来き事ごとについて話はなし合あった。
We discussed a very recent event.

Written forms

ごく最さい近きん
Standard spelling; ごく is usually written in kana.
極ごく最さい近きん
Kanji spelling for ごく; less common and may be confused with other readings.

Kanji

最utmost, most, extreme
近near, early, akin
極

extreme, pole, extremely

Similar words

最さい近きん
最近 means 'recently' or 'lately' without the strong emphasis on immediacy that ごく最近 carries.
つい最さい近きん
つい最近 is more colloquial and often implies 'just the other day'; ごく最近 is slightly more formal and emphasizes a very short time ago.

Etymology

Compound of ごく (極, 'extremely') and 最近 (さいきん, 'recently'). The exact historical derivation is straightforward.