I Love Kanji接近 (sekkin)
接近 (せっきん, sekkin) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “getting closer; drawing nearer”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- せっきん
- Romaji
- sekkin
- Word class
- Noun + する (suru verb)
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- getting closer; drawing nearer; approaching · noun, suru verb, intransitive
- being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.) · noun, suru verb, intransitive
- becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate · noun, suru verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 接近
Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 接近する | せっきんする sekkinsuru |
| Polite (~masu) | 接近します | せっきんします sekkinshimasu |
| Negative | 接近しない | せっきんしない sekkinshinai |
| Polite negative | 接近しません | せっきんしません sekkinshimasen |
| Past | 接近した | せっきんした sekkinshita |
| Polite past | 接近しました | せっきんしました sekkinshimashita |
| Negative past | 接近しなかった | せっきんしなかった sekkinshinakatta |
| Te-form | 接近して | せっきんして sekkinshite |
| Potential | 接近できる | せっきんできる sekkindekiru |
| Passive | 接近される | せっきんされる sekkinsareru |
| Causative | 接近させる | せっきんさせる sekkinsaseru |
| Volitional | 接近しよう | せっきんしよう sekkinshiyou |
| Imperative | 接近しろ | せっきんしろ sekkinshiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 接近すれば | せっきんすれば sekkinsureba |
Kanji in 接近
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 接近.
面接めんせつinterview (e.g. for a job)直接ちょくせつdirect接ぐつぐto join応接おうせつreception (e.g. of visitors)間接かんせつindirection接続せつぞくconnection接触せっしょくtouch密接みっせつclose (relationship, connection, etc.)接続詞せつぞくしconjunction近いちかいnear近くちかくnear最近さいきんrecently近所きんじょneighbourhood近代きんだいpresent day
Source: JMdict entry 1385370 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.