近

Selected Good Words to Memorize

• 近い ちかい near, recent
• 近所 きんじょ neighborhood
• 身近 みぢか imminent; near oneself

Selected Words with Definitions from WWWJDIC

• 近く ちかく near; neighbourhood; vicinity (n-adv,n) ****
• 最近 さいきん latest; most recent; nowadays (adj-no,n-adv,n-t) ****
• 近い ちかい near; close by; short (adj,suf) ***
• 付近 ふきん neighbourhood; vicinity; environs (n,n-suf) **
• 近代 きんだい present day (n) **
• 近づく ちかづく to approach; to get near; to get acquainted with; to get closer (v5k) **
• 側近 そっきん close associate; braintruster (n) **
• 近鉄 きんてつ Kinki Nippon Tetsudou (railway co.) (abbr) **
• 身近 みぢか near oneself; close to one; familiar (adj-na,n) **
• 接近 せっきん getting closer; drawing nearer; approaching (n,vs) **