近(ちか)く

ちかく
noun, adverb
nearby, vicinity
geography
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.
近(ちか)くの店(みせ)で買(か)い物(もの)をした。
I went shopping at a nearby store.
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.
夜(よる)遅(おそ)くまで働(はたら)いて、12時(じ)近(ちか)くに家(いえ)に帰(かえ)った。
I worked until late at night and got home close to midnight.

近(ちか)く is the noun use of the adverbial form of 近(ちか)い (close, near). It means the vicinity of a place and, after a number, "nearly" that amount. Used as an adverb in formal or news language, it also means "soon, shortly" (近(ちか)く発表(はっぴょう)される, "will be announced shortly").

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Antonym: 遠(とお)く (far away)
Related: 近所(きんじょ) (neighborhood)
Related: 付近(ふきん) (vicinity)
Compare: 辺(へん) (area, vicinity)
Compare: 周(まわ)り (surroundings, vicinity)
Compare: 辺(あた)り (vicinity, neighborhood, around)
Related: 近(ちか)い (near (adjective))
Compare: 近辺(きんぺん) (nearby area)
Compare: そば (beside, near)
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Added 2026.1.7 21:08 · Revised 2026.10.7 4:24
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