Vocab Info

N3 Noun, する-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

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    1. Noun, する-verb, Intransitive verb

      1.

      getting closer, drawing nearer, approaching

    2. Noun, する-verb, Intransitive verb

      2.

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

    3. Noun, する-verb, Intransitive verb

      3.

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

    All Forms

    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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