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近

near
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingキン、コン
Kun readingちか.い
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 2

Meanings

  1. nearRtK
  2. akin
  3. early
  4. tantamount
  1. neighbourhood
  2. neighborhood
  3. vicinity
  4. nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year")

Popular Usage

近い近く近所最近近代接近近眼近々近郊近視

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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axe (斤) · road (辶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1210

Compound words

近いちかい
near; close; short (distance); close (in time); soon
近くちかく
near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year")
近所きんじょ
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
最近さいきん
recently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now
近代きんだい
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
接近せっきん
getting closer; drawing nearer; approaching; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.)
近づくちかづく
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to
近寄るちかよる
to approach; to draw near
近づけるちかづける
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together
近代化きんだいか
modernization
近代史きんだいし
modern history
近代化するきんだいかする
to modernize
近眼きんがん
nearsightedness; shortsightedness; myopia
近郊きんこう
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
近視きんし
myopia; shortsightedness; nearsightedness
近々ちかぢか
soon; before long; shortly; in the near future; close (by)
間近まぢか
near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching
近海きんかい
coastal waters; adjacent seas
近畿きんき
Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
近況きんきょう
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
近頃ちかごろ
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully
近親きんしん
near relative
近世きんせい
recent past; recent times; early modern period (Azuchi-Momoyama to Edo in Japan)
近日きんじつ
soon; in a few days

On Reading Examples

最近気分が萎え気味だ。さいきん
Recently I've been feeling a bit down.tatoeba
トムとメアリーは２年前に別れたが、最近また元のさやに収まった。さいきん
Two years ago Tom and Mary split up, but recently they got together again.tatoeba
最近寝ても寝ても寝足りない気がする。さいきん
Recently, no matter how much I sleep, it never seems to be enough.tatoeba
「最近毎日どっかで殺人事件起きてない？」「確かに。物騒な世の中だね」さいきん
"It seems that these days there's a murder somewhere every day." "Indeed. It's a dangerous world, isn't it?"tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は負傷した兵士を近くの茂みまで引っ張って行った。
He pulled the wounded soldier to the nearby bush.tatoeba
彼は婦人警官の扮装をして彼女に近づいた。
He approached her in the disguise of a policewoman.tatoeba
彼は彼女の近くに立ち、台風から彼女を守ろうとした。
He stood close to her and tried to protect her from the typhoon.tatoeba
彼は彼女に近寄って握手をした。
He went up to her and they shook hands.tatoeba
押し寿司に近い。
Closer to oshizushi, a lightly-pressed piece of sushi with cooked ingredients on top.wiki
カツカレーに近い。
It is closer to katsu curry (curry rice with a cutlet).wiki
家が近所だった落合吉人が監督に昇進した。
His neighbor Yoshihito OCHIAI was promoted to director.wiki
榎本武揚の厚意により近所に仮住まいする。
He lived in a temporary housing in the neighborhood with a kind help of Takeaki ENOMOTO.wiki
前近代の神社合祀
Shrine merger enforced before modern timeswiki
貴重な近代化遺産
Precious modernization-related assetswiki
大都市近郊区間新潟近郊区間
Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit: entire linewiki
東京近郊ではおみおつけとも呼ぶ。
This is also called Omiotsuke around Tokyo.wiki
また強度の近視であったらしい。
Also, she seemed to be extremely short sighted.wiki

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