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昨今 (さっこん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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こん
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経けい
済ざい
状じょう
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The economic situation these days is tough.
Usage patterns 昨さっ 今こん の 〈 事こと 〉 the recent state of / current trend in (something)
The current economic situation is unstable.
昨さっ 今こん では 〈 事こと 〉 nowadays, in contrast to before
Nowadays, many people can't live without a smartphone.
昨さっ 今こん 、 〈 事こと 〉 と 言い われている it is said that recently...
It's said that young people's amount of reading has been decreasing lately.
Related words 最近 is the common, casual word for 'recently'; 昨今 is more formal and often used to describe a broader societal trend rather than a personal recent event.
近頃 is a conversational way to say 'lately'; 昨今 is more formal and typically appears in writing about ongoing social or economic trends.
今どき often carries a critical or ironic tone about 'these modern times'; 昨今 is neutral and formal, common in news and essays.
昨今 is an even more formal, often journalistic term for 'these days', close in register to 近年 but slightly more literary.
Etymology Compound of 昨 (yesterday, past) and 今 (now), literally 'yesterday and now', extended to mean 'these days' or 'recently'.
