ちかく
近く
near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
N5Common wordNoun
Noun, No-adjective, Adverb
near•neighbourhood•neighborhood•vicinity
Noun (suffix)
nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year")•close to
Adverb
shortly•soon
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Kanji Breakdown
Example Sentences
僕の家この近くなんだ。
My apartment is near here.
夕方近く雨が降りだした。
It came on to rain toward evening.
僕達は農場の近くで遊んだ。
We played around the farm.
明け方近くは、ぐっと冷え込む。
It gets extremely cold toward dawn.
嵐を避けて近くの納屋に逃げ込んだ。
We took refuge from the storm in a nearby barn.