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近 : Near

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Components:
斤辶

near, early, akin, tantamount

On 'yomi:
キン(kin) コン(kon)
Kun 'yomi:
ちか.い(chika.i)
Nanori:
おう(ou) おお(oo) この(kono)
Strokes:7
Radical:辵 (162)
Usage Rating:194
JLPT:N4
old JLPT:3
Grade:2
Unicode:08fd1
jis208:22-65
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近 Usage examples

近海物(きんかいもの)inshore catch, shorefish
近習(きんじゅう)attendant
近郊都市(きんこうとし)neighboring towns, neighbouring towns
接近戦(せっきんせん)close combat, close(-quarter) fighting, in-fighting
近場(ちかば)nearby place
近代オリンピック(きんだいオリンピック)modern Olympics
近日中に(きんじつちゅうに)in a few days, in the near future, soon, one of these days
直近(ちょっきん)latest, most recent, nearest (in time)
遠慮近憂(えんりょきんゆう)Failure to think of the long term leads to grief in the short term
近郷近在(きんごうきんざい)surrounding country, neighboring villages
近隣公害(きんりんこうがい)(noise, smell, air, water) pollution in the neighborhood
側近政治(そっきんせいじ)administration by close advisers, kitchen cabinet
近似解(きんじかい)approximate solution
近しい(ちかしい)intimate, close
近からず遠からず(ちかからずとおからず)neither near nor far
近村(きんそん)neighboring villages
近視眼的(きんしがんてき)myopic, short-sighted
近未来政治研究会(きんみらいせいじけんきゅうかい)Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyukai (faction of the LDP)
近畿地方(きんきちほう)Kinki region (incl. Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Mie and Shiga prefectures)
近日発売(きんじつはつばい)on sale soon, coming soon