I Love Kanji近寄る (chikayoru)
近寄る (ちかよる, chikayoru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to approach; to draw near”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ちかよる
- Romaji
- chikayoru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to approach; to draw near · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 近寄る
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 近寄る | ちかよる chikayoru |
| Polite (~masu) | 近寄ります | ちかよります chikayorimasu |
| Negative | 近寄らない | ちかよらない chikayoranai |
| Polite negative | 近寄りません | ちかよりません chikayorimasen |
| Past | 近寄った | ちかよった chikayotta |
| Polite past | 近寄りました | ちかよりました chikayorimashita |
| Negative past | 近寄らなかった | ちかよらなかった chikayoranakatta |
| Te-form | 近寄って | ちかよって chikayotte |
| Potential | 近寄れる | ちかよれる chikayoreru |
| Passive | 近寄られる | ちかよられる chikayorareru |
| Causative | 近寄らせる | ちかよらせる chikayoraseru |
| Volitional | 近寄ろう | ちかよろう chikayorou |
| Imperative | 近寄れ | ちかよれ chikayore |
| Conditional (~ba) | 近寄れば | ちかよれば chikayoreba |
Kanji in 近寄る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 近寄る.
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 1242230 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.