近い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちか
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *tika.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「近い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 近く かく

Terminal (終止形) 近い
Attributive (連体形) 近い
Key constructions
Informal negative 近くない かくない
くない

Informal past 近かった かかった
かった

Informal negative past 近くなかった かくなかった
くなかった

Formal 近いです いです
Conjunctive 近くて かくて
くて

Conditional 近ければ かければ
ければ

Adjective

(ちか) (chikai-i (adverbial (ちか) (chikaku))

  1. near, close to (in space)
  2. near (in time), at hand
  3. close, closely related
  4. near, not far off (in amount)
  5. similar in appearance, form, color, shape, etc.
  6. close, on good terms with

Inflection

Antonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.