近(ちか)く

ちかく

noun, adverb

nearby, vicinity

1. nearby, vicinity, neighborhood

An area close to a reference point. As a noun, refers to the surrounding area.

駅(えき)の近(ちか)くにある。

It's near the station.

この近(ちか)くに住(す)んでいます。

I live near here.

学校(がっこう)の近(ちか)くにコンビニがあります。

There's a convenience store near the school.

公園(こうえん)の近(ちか)くで子(こ)どもたちが遊(あそ)んでいます。

Children are playing near the park.

私(わたし)の家(いえ)の近(ちか)くには大(おお)きな図書館(としょかん)があって、毎週(まいしゅう)本(ほん)を借(か)りに行(い)っています。

There's a big library near my house, and I go there every week to borrow books.

2. nearly, close to (amount)

Approximately or almost a certain amount.

千(せん)円(えん)近(ちか)くかかった。

It cost nearly a thousand yen.

二(に)時間(じかん)近(ちか)く待(ま)ちました。

I waited for nearly two hours.

五十(ごじゅう)人(にん)近(ちか)くが集(あつ)まった。

Nearly fifty people gathered.

この仕事(しごと)を終(お)わらせるのに一(いち)週間(しゅうかん)近(ちか)くかかりました。

It took nearly a week to finish this work.

百万(ひゃくまん)円(えん)近(ちか)くも使(つか)ってしまったので、貯金(ちょきん)がなくなってしまいました。

I spent nearly a million yen, so my savings are gone.

近(ちか)く is the noun form of the adjective 近(ちか)い (close, near). It functions as both a noun meaning "vicinity" and an adverb meaning "nearly."

USAGE AS NOUN (vicinity):

[place]の近(ちか)く: near [place]
この近(ちか)く: near here, in this area
駅(えき)の近(ちか)くに住(す)む: to live near the station

USAGE AS ADVERB (nearly):

[number]近(ちか)く: nearly [number]
千(せん)円(えん)近(ちか)く: nearly 1000 yen
二(に)時間(じかん)近(ちか)く: nearly two hours

RELATED WORDS:

近所(きんじょ): neighborhood
付近(ふきん): vicinity (more formal)

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Added 2026.1.7 21:08 · Revised 2026.2.20 15:29

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