Vocab Info

N5 Noun, No-adjective, Adverb, Noun, used as a suffix

(ちか)near, neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun, No-adjective, Adverb

      1.

      near, neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity

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    2. Noun, used as a suffix

      2.

      nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"), close to

    3. Adverb

      3.

      shortly, soon

    All Forms

    近く 【ちかく】

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    Examples

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      (いえ)(ちか)図書館(としょかん)がある。

      There is a library near my house.

      • N5

      このカバン(じゅう)(まん)(えん)(ちか)した。

      This bag cost nearly 100,000 yen.

      • N5

      あそこの(えき)(ちか)に、(あたら)しいカフェがオープンした。

      A new café opened near that station.

      • N5

      パートナーに()く:「(きみ)両親(りょうしん)(ちか)()みたいだろう?」

      Asking my partner: 'You want to live close to your parents, don't you?'

      • N5

      先生(せんせい):「(ちか)からメダカの観察(かんさつ)をしましょう。」

      Teacher: 'Let's observe the killifish from up close.'

      • N4
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