さっこん

[昨今] ¶→昨今では

昨今
nowadays
recently

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さっこん【昨今】

¶ → 昨今では

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I

さっこん【昨今】

these days.

●昨今は recently; lately; of late; nowadays; these days

・昨今は小学生でも携帯(電話)を持っている. These days even elementary school children have cellphones.

・昨今は宅地化が進み, 田畑はずいぶん減りました. With recent progress in residential development, there are far fewer fields.

●昨今の出来事 a recent event; things that happen nowadays

・昨今の風潮 a modern trend

・昨今の異常気象はエルニーニョ現象によるものらしい. The recent unusual weather seems to have been caused by El Niño.

・昨今の政治家は小粒な人間ばかりだ. Politicians nowadays are all minor, petty characters.

・彼らは昨今の社会情勢について語り合った. They discussed the latest state of society.

●焼き芋屋さんを昨今見かけなくなったね. You don't see so many baked sweet potato venders these days, do you?

II

さっこん【擦痕】

a scratch.