How to say "adjoining" in Japanese

• 隣となりJLPT N5approx.Common
  no-adjectiveCovers the 'next (to)' sense: the person, room, seat or building immediately next to another. The word you want for the house next door or the adjoining room.
  ジョーダンさんは彼かれの隣となりに座すわった。↗

  Mr Jordan sat down beside him.
• 隣接したりんせつした
  prenominal modifierCovers 'adjoining', 'adjacent' and 'neighboring': it describes something as adjoining or neighboring something else, as with adjoining buildings, plots of land or neighboring countries. Less common than 隣.

Use the common 隣 for the 'next (to)' sense — a person, room or building immediately next to another; use the less common 「隣接した」 to describe something as adjoining, adjacent or neighboring something else.

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• 隣となりnext (to)
• 隣接したりんせつしたadjoining
• 行け行けいけいけadjoining (rooms)