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近 く ちかく (chikaku)
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Spanish- nounnoun taking the genitive case particle のadverbial nounnear, neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity
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- noun (suffix)nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"), close to
- adverbshortly, soon
- nabij, dichtbij, dichtbijgelegen, nabijgelegen, in de nabijheid, aangelegen, naburig, belendend, aangrenzend, aanpalend, aanliggend, in de nabijheid, nabij(gelegen), vlakbij, dichtbij(gelegen), in de buurt, kortbij, omtrent
- om en (na)bij, haast, circa, rond de, in de buurt van, omstreeks, nagenoeg, vrijwel, praktisch, zo goed als, zowat, schier {volgt op telwoorden; drukt een benadering uit}
- binnenkort, weldra, dra, gauw, eerlang, binnen korte tijd, binnen afzienbare tijd, aanstonds
- alentours, environs, voisinage
- presque (par ex. « cela a pris presque un an »), près de, à peu près
- sous peu, à court terme, bientôt
- in der Nähe, nahe gelegen, nahe liegend, Nähe, Nachbarschaft, gegen, um (nach einer Zeitangabe), beinahe, fast, nahezu (nach einem Zahlwort)
- bald, in Kürze, in absehbarer Zeit, in nächster Zukunft
- intim, környék, szomszédok, szomszédság
- близко, вблизи; рукой подать, 1.:, {～に} близко, вблизи; рукой подать, 2, 1) близко, 2) вскоре, скоро, 3) около, приблизительно
- blizu, v soseščini, soseska
- cerca, vecindario
- casi (i.e. "llevó casi un año"), cerca de
- en breve, dentro de poco, pronto
Position expressions in Japanese
Location words in Japanese
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near, early, akin, tantamount
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- JMDict ID: 1242160
- JMdictDB entry
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She was looking for a room with a bath, and found one near here.
Elle cherchait une chambre avec salle de bain et en a trouvé une près d'ici.
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It is close to seven o'clock. We have to go to school.
Mindjárt hét óra. Iskolába kell mennünk.
São umas sete horas. Temos de ir à escola.
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