recently; lately

close range

near in time; in the near future; very soon; recent

close to; intimate

recent developments; current circumstances

(idiom) very close; almost within reach; close at hand

right under one's nose; right in front of one's eyes; close at hand; imminent

close relative

Kondō (Japanese surname)

myopic; nearsighted; (fig.) shortsighted

(in) the past few days; recently; (within) the next few days

for the past few years

the not-very-distant past; modern times, excluding recent decades; (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919); capitalist times (pre-1949)

coastal waters; offshore

shortcut

Near East

contemporary; modern person; close friend; associate; intimate

to approximate; to be similar

nearby and therefore convenient

to come close; to get near to; front

near ancient history (often taken to mean Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing times)

immediate cause; proximate cause

nearby

recent year(s)

Kinta valley and river in Perak, Malaysia

scene in the foreground; nearby scenery; (photography) a close shot; the present situation; how things stand

recent photo

(anatomy) proximal

member of a monarch's inner ministerial circle (old)

shortcut; a quicker method

close neighbor

suburbs; outskirts

close to zero

recently; of late

near-synonym

modern history (in Chinese historiography, from the Opium Wars to the fall of the Qing dynasty)

approximate solution

a genre of poetry, developed in the Tang Dynasty, characterized by its strict form

low beam (headlights)

in recent years

apsis; perigee

Kinta River in Perak, Malaysia

(astronomy) periapsis

perihelion, the nearest point of a planet in elliptic orbit to the sun; lower apsis

nearsightedness; myopia

suburbs; city outskirts

plesiochronous

inbreeding

inbreeding