JLPT N4 · Noun

近所 (kinjo)

近所 (きんじょ, kinjo) is a Japanese noun meaning “neighbourhood; neighborhood”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: きんじょ
Romaji: kinjo
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity · noun, noun taking の

Example sentences

彼が近所に越してきた。

He moved into my neighborhood.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 近所

近

near, early, akinキン・コン・ちか.い · 7 strokes

所

place, extentショ・ところ・-ところ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 近所.

近いちかいnear近くちかくnear最近さいきんrecently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 1242350 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.