Vocab Info

N3 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

接近(せっきん)getting closer, drawing nearer, approaching, being not much different, being near (age, skill, etc.), becoming close (i.e. friendly), becoming intimate

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

      1.

      getting closer, drawing nearer, approaching

    2. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

      2.

      being not much different, being near (age, skill, etc.)

    3. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

      3.

      becoming close (i.e. friendly), becoming intimate

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    接近 【せっきん】

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    Examples

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      日本(にほん)列島(れっとう)台風(たいふう)接近(せっきん)しています。

      A typhoon is approaching the Japanese archipelago.

      • N3

      あなた(たち)(なか)接近(せっきん)したのはいつなの?

      When did your relationship become closer?

      • N3

      最新(さいしん)天気(てんき)予報(よほう)によると、(てい)気圧(きあつ)接近(せっきん)しているようだ。

      According to the latest weather forecast, it seems that a low-pressure system is approaching.

      • N3

      (はっ)(さい)次男(じなん)体力(たいりょく)(じゅう)()(さい)長女(ちょうじょ)体力(たいりょく)接近(せっきん)してきています。

      The stamina of my eight-year-old second son is approaching that of my twelve-year-old eldest daughter.

      • N3

      台風(たいふう)日本(にほん)接近(せっきん)してきていると()っても、それは来週(らいしゅう)以降(いこう)(はなし)である。

      Even though it is said that a typhoon is approaching Japan, that will happen next week or later.

      • N2
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