I Love Kanji身近 (mijika)
身近 (みぢか, mijika) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “near oneself; close to one”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- みぢか
- Romaji
- mijika
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- near oneself; close to one; familiar · な-adjective, noun
Example sentences
そもそも事故の大半は熱帯雨林ではなく、身近な場所でおこるのである。
Most accidents, after all, happen around the corner, not in the rainforest.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 身近
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 身近だ | みぢかだ mijikada |
| Present (polite) | 身近です | みぢかです mijikadesu |
| Negative | 身近じゃない | みぢかじゃない mijikajanai |
| Past | 身近だった | みぢかだった mijikadatta |
| Negative past | 身近じゃなかった | みぢかじゃなかった mijikajanakatta |
| Te-form | 身近で | みぢかで mijikade |
| Before a noun | 身近な | みぢかな mijikana |
| Adverb (~ni) | 身近に | みぢかに mijikani |
Kanji in 身近
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 身近.
身みone's body自身じしん(one's) self出身しゅっしんone's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)身体しんたいbody身長しんちょうheight (of a person)全身ぜんしんwhole (body)独身どくしんunmarried中身なかみcontents刺身さしみsashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)心身しんしんmind and body身分みぶん(social) standing受身うけみthe defensive身なりみなりdress身の上みのうえone's station in life
Source: JMdict entry 1365650 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.