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近い (ちかい) — near | JLPT N5 · Nihongo Circle

近い

ちかい

N5

i-adjective

Meanings

1near
2close by
3short
4close
5short (distance)
6close (in time)
7soon
8close (relationship)

Example sentence

学校は家から近いです。

がっこうはいえからちかいです。

The school is close to my house.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

近Near, Early, Akin7 strokes

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