Kanji近
Readingきん
Frequency30%
Used in (240 in total)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
close aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage; attendant; retainer
proximity; nearness; being nearby; approaching; drawing near; coming close
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
recent years
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
short distance; close range
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
only recently; just of late
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
very near
latest; most recent; nearest (in time)
recent past; recent times; early modern period (Azuchi-Momoyama to Edo in Japan)
neighbor; neighbour
fast approach; quick intimacy
neighborhood nuisance; neighbourhood nuisance
in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days
distance; perspective; far and near; here and there
very recently; in the very recent past
neighboring countries; neighbouring countries; surrounding countries
How are you?; What's up?
coastal waters; adjacent seas
modernization; modernisation
attendant; attendance upon another
Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
neighboring villages; neighbouring villages; suburban districts
soon; in a few days
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; neighborhood; neighbourhood
local residents; neighbours; neighbors
near relative
approximation; having a close resemblance
nearsightedness; shortsightedness; myopia
interaction with one's neighbors; relationship with one's neighbors
neighbors; neighbours; neighborhood; neighbourhood
close quarters combat; CQC
myopia; shortsightedness; nearsightedness
neighboring districts; neighbouring districts; countryside
common; simple
consanguineous marriage
modern man; modern person; modernist
vassal; attendant
modern state; modern nation
point-blank shot
bonding; becoming closer; close relation; close relative; personal retainer; personal attendant
approximate value; approximation
close relation (association)
Kinki region (Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Mie and Shiga prefectures)
myopic; short-sighted
neighboring country; neighbouring country; provinces close to Kyoto (under ritsuryō system)
neighboring prefectures; nearby prefectures
recent photograph (of a person); recent picture; latest photograph
Near and Middle East
the modern era; present day
neighboring villages
premodern times; premodern era
modern city; modern town
proximity fuze (fuse); influence fuze; variable-time fuze; VT fuze
hostility towards people close to oneself (family, associates, etc.); bearing hatred for one's peers
corrective lenses for myopia
related species; allied species
modern civilization; modern world
modern architecture; modernist architecture
recent situation or conditions
low latitudes; equatorial region
modern art museum; museum of modern art
recent work; latest work
neighbourhood dispute (neighborhood); neighbourhood quarrel; grievance with one's neighbour
surrounding country; neighboring villages
modern music; contemporary music
immediate neighborhood; immediate neighbourhood
recent work
forthcoming publication; to be published soon; coming soon; recent publication
fire in the neighborhood; fire in the neighbourhood
modern poetry; modern-style poetry
modern history; modern and current history; recent history; recent contemporary history
nearest kin; nearest of blood; next of kin; nearest relative
lately; recently; in recent times
wider Kinki region (Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Shiga, Wakayama and Fukui prefectures); wider Kansai area
modern drama; modern theater
newly arrived
consanguineous marriage
early modern age
near infrared ray; near infrared radiation
modern Japanese (as spoken since the Middle Ages); Japanese spoken during the Meiji period (sometimes including the late Edo period and/or the Taishō period)
neighboring towns; neighbouring towns
modern Olympic Games; modern Olympics
policy of cultivating distant countries while working to conquer those nearby
close relative; near relative; close associate; intimate friend; confidant
neighbourhood dispute (neighborhood); neighbourhood quarrel; grievance with one's neighbour
immediate cause; proximate cause
familiarity; closeness
on sale soon; coming soon
recent past tense (e.g. passato prossimo in Italian); present perfect; recent past
having one's workplace near one's home
recent events
administration by close advisers; kitchen cabinet
inshore catch; shorefish
early-modern literature; Edo-period literature (1600-1867)
banishment (to a nearby province); the least severe of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryō system
local doctor
neighbouring prefecture
macro photography; close-up photography
failure to think of the long term leads to grief in the short term
agriculture in urban areas
Early Modern Chinese
modern style
perihelion shift; advance of the perihelion
Kinki Nippon Tetsudō (railway company)
Kinki Nihon Tetsudō (railway company)
sense of perspective; feeling of depth (e.g. to a painting)
modern-style poem
immediate future; near future
short-range wireless communication; near field communication; NFC
close-quarters combat; close-quarters battle; CQC; CQB
near infrared; NIR
early modern Japanese; Japanese as spoken during the Edo period
false shortsightedness; pseudomyopia
close-quarters combat; close-quarters battle; CQC; CQB
approximate solution
Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai (faction of the Liberal Democratic Party); Ishihara faction
near point (closest point at which an object can be brought into focus by the eye); periapsis
(lit.) plan ahead or you will soon have worries
anomalistic month
inbreeding coefficient; coefficient of consanguinity
cheap, short in duration, and close to home (of a trip, vacation, etc.)
three Cs; three conditions that facilitate the transmission of infectious diseases (closed spaces, crowds, and close contact)
single site approximation
Kintetsu; Kintetsu Railway (abbr)
inbreeding depression
exchange of one's recent news; catch-up
adiabatic approximation
anomaly; angular distance of a planet from its perihelion as seen from the sun
proximal pronoun (indicating proximity to the speaker)
proximate cause (in contrast to an ultimate cause)
recent poem
fish found in coastal waters
inbred line; inbred strain
(noise, smell, air, water) pollution in the neighborhood
pseudonoise sequence; pn sequence
rough or approximate calculation
related genera; associated species
Kyoto Sangyo University, Kindai University, Konan University and Ryukoku University (group of similarly ranked private universities in the Kansai region)