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- 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
Position expressions in Japanese
Location words in Japanese
7 strokes
near, early, akin, tantamount
近
- JMDict ID: 1242160
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She was looking for a room with a bath, and found one near here.
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The Diet will soon be dissolved.
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It is close to seven o'clock. We have to go to school.