Kanji1 / 7
近 kanji
near, early, akin, tantamount
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
キンコン
Kun readings
ちかい
Words with 近
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N4近所Popularneighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
- N4最近Popularrecently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now; nearest; closest
- N3近代Popularpresent day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
- N2接近Populargetting closer; drawing nearer; approaching; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
- N2付近Popularneighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
- N1近眼Popularnearsightedness; shortsightedness; myopia
- N1近郊Popularoutskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
- N1近視Popularmyopia; shortsightedness; nearsightedness
- —近海Popularcoastal waters; adjacent seas
- —近畿PopularKinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
- —近況Popularrecent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
- —近親Popularnear relative
- —近世Popularrecent past; recent times; early modern period (Azuchi-Momoyama to Edo in Japan)
- —近日Popularsoon; in a few days
- —近年Popularrecent years
- —近辺Popularneighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
- —近隣Popularneighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
- —側近Popularclose aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage; attendant; retainer
- —近作Popularrecent work; latest work
- —近著Popularrecent work