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Dictionary: “昨”

昨今

さっこん

these days; nowadays; recently; lately

Example sentence

Recently we have had several disasters.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

昨
On
さく
Kun
—
Stroke count
9

・yesterday

・previous

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
今
On
こん;きん
Kun
いま
Stroke count
4

・now

1 2 3 4

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Related words to 昨今

35 related words

昨年

さくねん

→

last year

昨年度

さくねんど

→

previous year (fiscal, academic, etc.)

昨年来

さくねんらい

→

since last year

昨春

さくしゅん

→

last spring;the spring of last year

昨晩

さくばん

→

last night

昨秋

さくしゅう

→

autumn of last year;fall of last year

昨日

さくじつ

→

yesterday

昨冬

さくとう

→

last winter

昨夜

ゆうべ

→

last night;yesterday evening

昨日

きのう

→

yesterday

昨

さく

→

last (year);yesterday

昨シーズン

さくシーズン

→

last season

昨夏

さっか

→

last summer;summer of last year

昨夕

さくゆう

→

yesterday evening;last night

昨夜

さくや

→

last night;yesterday evening

昨季

さくき

→

last season (e.g. in sports);equivalent season last year

昨年夏

さくねんなつ

→

summer of last year

昨日の今日

きのうのきょう

→

right on the heels of yesterday;only yesterday

昨日の友は今日の敵

きのうのともはきょうのてき

→

a friend today may turn against you tomorrow

昨日や今日

きのうやきょう

→

only recently;just recently;only yesterday

昨日今日

きのうきょう

→

yesterday and today

昨暁

さくぎょう

→

early yesterday morning

昨朝

さくちょう

→

yesterday morning

昨期

さくき

→

last period;previous period

昨紙

さくし

→

yesterday's paper

昨週

さくしゅう

→

last week

昨非今是

さくひこんぜ

→

complete reversal of values or ways of thinking

昨日今日

きのうきょう

→

only recently;just recently;only yesterday

昨夏

さくか

→

last summer;summer of last year

昨季

さっき

→

last season (e.g. in sports);equivalent season last year

昨期

さっき

→

last period;previous period

昨今

さくこん

→

these days;nowadays;recently;lately

昨夜

ゆんべ

→

last night;yesterday evening

昨夜

よべ

→

last night;yesterday evening

昨夕

ゆうべ

→

last night;yesterday evening