近頃 (Chikagoro) is a Japanese adverb meaning “lately, recently, nowadays, terribly”.
Meanings
- adverb, noun, adjectival nounlately; recently; nowadays
- adverbterribly; awfully; extremely
Examples
どう？近ごろ。
How are you doing?
近頃牛肉は高い。
Beef is expensive nowadays.
近頃は就職難だ。
Nowadays jobs are hard to come by.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).