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接近 (せっきん): getting closer, drawing nearer, approaching — Japanese vocabulary

接近 is read せっきん and means "getting closer, drawing nearer, approaching". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

接近

Reading
せっきん · sekkin
Translation
getting closer, drawing nearer, approaching
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
せっきんが

Example

天気予報によると、台風は沿岸に接近しそうだ。

てんきよほうによると、たいふうはえんがんにせっきんしそうだ。

According to the weather forecast, the typhoon is likely to approach the coast.

Kanji in this word

  • 接 — contact, adjoin
  • 近 — near

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