近く
N5ちかく chikaku
- near
nounの-adjectiveadverb
Chinese meanings
附近;接近
Examples
- 7時近くだ。学校へ行かなくては。It is close to seven o'clock. We have to go to school.快七点了。我得去学校了。
- スミスさんはすぐ近くにいます。Mr Smith is within shouting distance.史密斯先生就在附近。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('6d7293f7cf'); // 近く
{
"id": "6d7293f7cf",
"word": "近く",
"reading": "ちかく",
"romaji": "chikaku",
"meanings": [
"near"
],
"level": "N5",
"pos": [
"n",
"adj-no",
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1242160,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "7時近くだ。学校へ行かなくては。",
"en": "It is close to seven o'clock. We have to go to school.",
"tatoeba_id": 234967
},
{
"ja": "スミスさんはすぐ近くにいます。",
"furigana": "スミスさんはすぐ{近|ちか}くにいます。",
"en": "Mr Smith is within shouting distance.",
"tatoeba_id": 214296
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "111848973da1a0980a7ea585a953f88d3b41f104989378d6175e11ede0cbf837",
"meanings": [
"附近;接近"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "7時近くだ。学校へ行かなくては。",
"zh": "快七点了。我得去学校了。"
},
{
"ja": "スミスさんはすぐ近くにいます。",
"zh": "史密斯先生就在附近。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n5/6d7293f7cf",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "e14f053ef0df7687ad99e92adabd9e04df5fdb105f6120d595490d27c3eed99a"
}
}