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近く (ちかく) — nearby | JLPT N5 · Nihongo Circle

近く

ちかく

N5

adverb

Meanings

1nearby
2in the neighborhood
3near
4neighbourhood
5neighborhood
6nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year")
7close to
8shortly

Example sentence

家の近くにスーパーがあります。

いえのちかくにスーパーがあります。

There is a supermarket near my house.

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Kanji in this word

近Near, Early, Akin7 strokes

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