近接|きんせつkinsetsu[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbproximity; nearness; being nearby; being adjacent
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbapproaching; drawing near; coming closeＡへはＢから近接ことができる。↗Access to A is available from B.
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 近接する（きんせつする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 近接します（きんせつします） |
| Negative (nai) | 近接しない（きんせつしない） |
| polite (masen) | 近接しません（きんせつしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 近接せず・近接せぬ（きんせつせず・きんせつせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 近接した（きんせつした） |
| polite (mashita) | 近接しました（きんせつしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 近接しなかった（きんせつしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 近接しませんでした（きんせつしませんでした） |
| Te form | 近接して（きんせつして） |
| Potential | 近接できる（きんせつできる） |
| Passive | 近接される（きんせつされる） |
| Causative | 近接させる（きんせつさせる） |
| Causative passive | 近接させられる（きんせつさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 近接すれば（きんせつすれば） |
| tara | 近接したら（きんせつしたら） |
| Volitional | 近接しよう（きんせつしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 近接しましょう（きんせつしましょう） |
| Imperative | 近接しろ（きんせつしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym接近せっきんNeutralApproaching or drawing closer, stressing gradual movement toward something; also used for people becoming close or intimate. 「近接」 covers both adjacency and closeness.
- Synonym間近まぢかNeutralRight before your eyes; stresses being very close in distance or in time, as in 「試験が間近」 (the exam is almost here).
- Synonym手近てぢかNeutralClose at hand or within easy reach, stressing that something can be grabbed right away, as in 「手近な材料」.
- Related近所きんじょNeutralThe neighbourhood around where you live; the most common everyday word for the area near one's home and the people there.
- Related近辺きんぺんWrittenThe area around a certain place; a written/formal prose word for the vicinity or surroundings.
- Related近づくちかづくNeutralA verb meaning to approach or get close; common in daily speech and stressing the process of moving nearer.
- Antonym遠隔えんかくWrittenAntonym: far apart or remote, the opposite of the adjacency sense of 「近接」; written/formal, as in 「遠隔操作」.
- Antonym遠距離えんきょりNeutralAntonym: long distance, the opposite of the near-distance sense of 「近接」.
Use 「近接」 for physical adjacency or closeness, as in 「駅に近接する」「近接戦闘」. Everyday approaching is 「接近」 or 「近づく」; the area near your home is 「近所」; something just before you or near in time is 「間近」. The opposites are 「遠隔」 (formal, as in 「遠隔操作」) and 「遠距離」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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