I Love Kanji近眼 (kingan)
近眼 (きんがん, kingan) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “nearsightedness; shortsightedness”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- きんがん
- Romaji
- kingan
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- nearsightedness; shortsightedness; myopia · noun, な-adjective, noun taking の
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 近眼
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 近眼だ | きんがんだ kinganda |
| Present (polite) | 近眼です | きんがんです kingandesu |
| Negative | 近眼じゃない | きんがんじゃない kinganjanai |
| Past | 近眼だった | きんがんだった kingandatta |
| Negative past | 近眼じゃなかった | きんがんじゃなかった kinganjanakatta |
| Te-form | 近眼で | きんがんで kingande |
| Before a noun | 近眼な | きんがんな kinganna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 近眼に | きんがんに kinganni |
Kanji in 近眼
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 近眼.
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近寄るちかよるto approach近付けるちかづけるto bring near近郊きんこうoutskirts身近みぢかnear oneself
Source: JMdict entry 1242220 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.