近(ちか)い

ちかい
i-adjective
near, close
descriptive
See also: 誓(ちか)い (vow, oath)
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present近(ちか)い近(ちか)くない
Past近(ちか)かった近(ちか)くなかった
て form近(ちか)くて近(ちか)くなくて
Adverbial近(ちか)く—
Conditional ば近(ちか)ければ近(ちか)くなければ
Conditional たら近(ちか)かったら近(ちか)くなかったら
1. near, close, nearby
Located at a short distance. Used for physical proximity or closeness in relationships or time.
学校(がっこう)は家(いえ)から近(ちか)いです。
The school is close to home.
この近(ちか)くにコンビニはありますか？
Is there a convenience store nearby?
この近(ちか)く = around here
試験(しけん)が近(ちか)いです。
The exam is coming up soon.
Close in time
駅(えき)に近(ちか)いアパートを探(さが)しています。
I'm looking for an apartment close to the station.
会社(かいしゃ)から家(いえ)が近(ちか)いので、歩(ある)いて帰(かえ)ります。
My house is close to work, so I walk home.

近(ちか)い is an i-adjective meaning "near" or "close"—used for distance, time, and relationships.

Usage

What something is close to is marked with に: 駅(えき)に近(ちか)い ("close to the station"). 近(ちか)い also modifies a following noun directly (近(ちか)い将来(しょうらい), "the near future") and works as a sentence-final predicate. Its adverbial/noun form 近(ちか)く means "nearby; the vicinity."

Forms

  • Adverb/Noun: 近(ちか)く (nearby; the vicinity)
  • Negative: 近(ちか)くない
  • Past: 近(ちか)かった

Common expressions

Compounds

Similar words

遠(とお)い: far, distant

Related Words

Antonym: 遠(とお)い (far, distant)
Compare: 隣(となり) (next to, neighbor)
Compare: 近(ちか)く (nearby, vicinity)
Related: 近(ちか)づける (to bring near, to let approach)
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Added 2026.1.7 21:31 · Revised 2026.10.1 17:29
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