I Love Kanji近い (chikai)
近い (ちかい, chikai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “near; close”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ちかい
- Romaji
- chikai
- Word class
- い-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- near; close; short (distance) · い-adjective
- close (in time); soon · い-adjective
- close (relationship); friendly; intimate · い-adjective
- closely related · い-adjective
- similar; almost the same; close to; nearly · い-adjective
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 近い
い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 近い | ちかい chikai |
| Negative | 近くない | ちかくない chikakunai |
| Past | 近かった | ちかかった chikakatta |
| Negative past | 近くなかった | ちかくなかった chikakunakatta |
| Te-form | 近くて | ちかくて chikakute |
| Adverb (~ku) | 近く | ちかく chikaku |
| Conditional (~ba) | 近ければ | ちかければ chikakereba |
Kanji in 近い
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 近い.
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近視きんしmyopia近頃ちかごろlately接近せっきんgetting closer近々ちかぢかsoon付近ふきんneighborhood近寄るちかよるto approach近付けるちかづけるto bring near近眼きんがんnearsightedness近郊きんこうoutskirts身近みぢかnear oneself
Source: JMdict entry 1242130 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.