近日点

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

near / close to / approximately

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

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

sun / day / date, day of the month

point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items