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近く
chikaku
Description
「近く」は、場所や時間があまり離れていないことを表す言葉です。
"近く" is a word that indicates that a place or time is not far away.
「駅の近く」のように場所を言ったり、「近く行きます」のように「もうすぐ」の意味でも使えます。
It can be used to talk about a place, like "駅の近く" (near the station), or to mean "soon," as in "近く行きます" (I'll go soon).
Meanings
近くchikaku
nearby place, vicinity
家の近くに公園があります。
There is a park near my house.
近くchikaku
soon, in the near future
近くまた会いましょう。
Let's meet again soon.
近くchikaku
nearly, close to (an amount)
三時間近く待ちました。
I waited for nearly three hours.
Related words
Notes
- Form
近く is the adverbial/nominal form of the adjective 近い (chikai, "near").
- Nuance
As a noun it means "vicinity"; as an adverb it can mean "soon" or "nearly."
In videos
“母ちゃんはなんか職場の近くに住んでるってよ。”
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