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Japanese
Etymology
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *tika.
Pronunciation
- Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「近い」
| Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
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| Stem forms
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| Continuative (連用形)
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近く
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ちかく
ちかく
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| Terminal (終止形)
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近い
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ちかい
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| Attributive (連体形)
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近い
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ちかい
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| Key constructions
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| Informal negative
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近くない
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ちかくない
ちかくない
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| Informal past
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近かった
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ちかかった
ちかかった
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| Informal negative past
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近くなかった
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ちかくなかった
ちかくなかった
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| Formal
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近いです
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ちかいです
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| Conjunctive
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近くて
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ちかくて
ちかくて
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| Conditional
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近ければ
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ちかければ
ちかければ
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Adjective
近い • (chikai) -i (adverbial 近く (chikaku))
- near, close to (in space)
- near (in time), at hand
- close, closely related
- near, not far off (in amount)
- similar in appearance, form, color, shape, etc.
- close, on good terms with
Inflection
| Stem forms
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| Imperfective (未然形)
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近かろ
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ちかかろ
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chikakaro
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| Continuative (連用形)
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近く
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ちかく
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chikaku
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| Terminal (終止形)
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近い
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ちかい
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chikai
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| Attributive (連体形)
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近い
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ちかい
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chikai
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| Hypothetical (仮定形)
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近けれ
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ちかけれ
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chikakere
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| Imperative (命令形)
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近かれ
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ちかかれ
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chikakare
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| Key constructions
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| Informal negative
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近くない
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ちかくない
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chikaku nai
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| Informal past
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近かった
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ちかかった
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chikakatta
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| Informal negative past
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近くなかった
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ちかくなかった
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chikaku nakatta
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| Formal
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近いです
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ちかいです
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chikai desu
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| Formal negative
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近くないです
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ちかくないです
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chikaku nai desu
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| Formal past
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近かったです
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ちかかったです
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chikakatta desu
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| Formal negative past
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近くなかったです
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ちかくなかったです
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chikaku nakatta desu
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| Conjunctive
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近くて
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ちかくて
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chikakute
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| Conditional
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近ければ
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ちかければ
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chikakereba
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| Provisional
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近かったら
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ちかかったら
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chikakattara
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| Volitional
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近かろう
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ちかかろう
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chikakarō
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| Adverbial
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近く
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ちかく
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chikaku
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| Degree
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近さ
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ちかさ
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chikasa
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Antonyms
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (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.