近頃

ちかごろ

lately, recently, nowadays

JLPT N3

Details

Part of Speech:: Adverb , Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Romaji:: chikagoro

近頃は、暑い日が続いています。

It's been quite hot lately.

近頃、友達と会う機会が少なくなった。

I haven't had a chance to meet my friends recently.