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隣

neighboring
Stroke count: 16

Readings

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Kun readingとな.る、となり
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. neighboringRtK
  2. neighbor
  3. adjacent
  1. next (to)
  2. adjoining
  3. house next door
  4. neighbouring house

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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neighbouring · pinnacle · parthenon · acropolis · shoeshine · rice (米) · sunglasses · dancing legs · ballerina · evening

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1408

Compound words

隣り合わせとなりあわせ
adjoining each other; next to each other; being in close proximity to something; being constantly exposed to (danger, etc.)
近隣きんりん
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
善隣ぜんりん
good neighbour; good neighbor
隣家りんか
neighbouring house; neighboring house
隣人りんじん
neighbour; neighbor; (people in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood
隣接りんせつ
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
隣国りんごく
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
隣室りんしつ
next or adjoining room
隣り合うとなりあう
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
先隣さきとなり
next door but one
又隣またどなり
second door from here
両隣りょうどなり
both sides (on the left and right)
隣りとなり
next (to)
両隣りりょうどなり
both sides (on the left and right)
隣接辺りんせつへん
adjacent side
近隣公害きんりんこうがい
(noise, smell, air, water) pollution in the neighborhood
近隣諸国きんりんしょこく
neighboring countries
善隣友好ぜんりんゆうこう
neighbourly friendship
隣接するりんせつする
to adjoin; to be adjacent
隣の糂粏味噌となりのじんだみそ
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
隣の芝生は青いとなりのしばふはあおい
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
汝の隣人を愛せよなんじのりんじんをあいせよ
love your neighbour (neighbor)

Additional Examples

彼は彼女の隣に座った。
He sat next to her.tatoeba
彼は私達の隣に住んでいる人です。
He is our next door neighbor.tatoeba
彼は私達の隣に住んでいる。
He lives next door to us.tatoeba
彼は私の隣人です。
He is one of my neighbours.tatoeba

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

隣にいる彼は大の友人だ。
となりにいるかれはだいのゆうじんだ。The guy next to me is a close friend.
隣にいた友人が言った。
となりにいたゆうじんがいった。The friend next to me said.
隣からカチャカチャとキーを叩く音が聞こえてくる
となりからかちゃかちゃときーをたたくおとがきこえてくるThe clatter of someone typing comes from next door.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

16 strokes

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