頃けい日じつけいじつMeanings1noun, adverbrecently; these daysLiterary or formal expression for 'recently' or 'these days'. Rare in everyday speech; more common in written or older texts.頃けい日じつ、彼かれから便たよりがない。I haven't heard from him recently.頃けい日じつの天てん候こうは不ふ順じゅんだ。The weather has been unsettled these days.