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
- —近代音楽modern music; contemporary music
- —至近距離point-blank range
- —遠交近攻policy of cultivating distant countries while working to conquer those nearby
- —近代文学modern literature
- —近代主義modernism
- —近代国家modern state; modern nation
- —近似計算rough or approximate calculation
- —近郊農業agriculture in urban areas
- —近所合壁immediate neighborhood; immediate neighbourhood
- —近所迷惑neighborhood nuisance; neighbourhood nuisance
- —近海漁業inshore fishing industry
- —近親結婚consanguineous marriage
- —近郊都市neighboring towns; neighbouring towns
- —近日中にin a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days
- —遠慮近憂failure to think of the long term leads to grief in the short term
- —近郷近在surrounding country; neighboring villages
- —近隣公害(noise, smell, air, water) pollution in the neighborhood
- —職住近接having one's workplace near one's home
- —側近政治administration by close advisers; kitchen cabinet
- —近視眼的myopic; short-sighted