近く

Reading

Kana: ちかく

Romaji: chikaku

Definitions

n-adv

noun

1

near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

See also: 近い

n-suf

2

nearly (i.e. "it took nearly one year"); close to

adv

3

shortly; soon

Kanji

近

Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い

Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount

Example Sentences

７時(じ)近(ちか)くだ。

➥It is close to seven o'clock.

交番(こうばん)が近(ちか)くにある。

➥A police station is close at hand.

近(ちか)くに座(すわ)りなさい。

➥Sit near at hand.

バス停(てい)は近(ちか)くだ。

➥The bus stop is quite handy.

近(ちか)くに病院(びょういん)がある。

➥There is a hospital nearby.

駅(えき)はすぐ近(ちか)くです。

➥The station is near at hand.