頃
ケイ, キョウ, ころ, ごろ, しばら.く, ころも

time, about, toward

JLPT0 G7 S11 F2015

頁 head + an abbreviated form# of 化 transformation → incline one's head, transforming one's posture → *for a moment/short time* (← incline the head briefly) → *lately/recently* (← short time ago); (vague period of) *time*.

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