近く

Meanings

1. near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
2. nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to
3. shortly; soon

Part of speech: noun, no-adjective, adverb, noun (suffix)

Kanji

• 近

  Meanings

  near, early, akin, tantamount

  On reading

  キン、コン

  Kun reading

  ちか.い

  Strokes

  7

Example sentences

• 彼女は風呂付きの部屋を探していたのだが、この近くで見つけた。

  She was looking for a room with a bath, and found one near here.

  Tatoeba #86849 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• ７時近くだ。学校へ行かなくては。

  It is close to seven o'clock. We have to go to school.

  Tatoeba #234967 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 国会は近く解散するだろう。

  The Diet will soon be dissolved.

  Tatoeba #173083 · CC BY 2.0 FR