この頃

How to remember it

この (this) + 頃 (around that time) = around this time, nowadays.

Example sentences

• この頃、寒くなりましたね。

  このごろ、さむくなりましたね。

  It's gotten cold these days, hasn't it?

• この頃は忙しくてよく寝られません。

  このごろはいそがしくてよくねられません。

  Lately I've been so busy I can't sleep well.

Usage

Slightly casual/spoken; often takes は; more personal than 最近.

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