(ちか)

ちかく
noun, adverb
nearby, vicinity
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present(ちか)(ちか)かない
Present polite(ちか)きます(ちか)きません
Past(ちか)いた(ちか)かなかった
Past polite(ちか)きました(ちか)きませんでした
て form(ちか)いて(ちか)かなくて
ている present(ちか)いている(ちか)いていない
ている polite(ちか)いています(ちか)いていません
ている past(ちか)いていた(ちか)いていなかった
ている past polite(ちか)いていました(ちか)いていませんでした
Conditional ば(ちか)けば(ちか)かなければ
Conditional たら(ちか)いたら(ちか)かなかったら
Volitional(ちか)こう
Volitional polite(ちか)きましょう
Potential(ちか)ける(ちか)けない
Passive(ちか)かれる(ちか)かれない
Causative(ちか)かせる(ちか)かせない
Imperative(ちか)(ちか)くな
1. nearby, vicinity, neighborhood
An area close to a reference point. As a noun, refers to the surrounding area.
(えき)(ちか)ある
It's near the station.
I live near here.
There's a convenience store near the school.
Children are playing near the park.
2. nearly, close to (amount)
Approximately or almost a certain amount.
It cost nearly a thousand yen.
I waited for nearly two hours.
Nearly fifty people gathered.

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

USAGE AS NOUN (vicinity):

USAGE AS ADVERB (nearly):

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