Skip to content

近い (ちかい): near, close by, short — Japanese vocabulary

近い is read ちかい and means "near, close by, short". JLPT N5 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

近い

Reading
ちかい · chikai
Translation
near, close by, short
Level
JLPT N5
Pitch accent
ちかいが

Example

駅は家から近いです。

えきはいえからちかいです。

The station is close to my house.

Kanji in this word

Remember them for good

Quizzes, writing, listening and spaced reviews: KanaLearn has you review each word at the right time. Free, no ads.

Start for free