間近・真近|まぢかmajika[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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Which spelling to use
間近間近 is the most common form and the default choice for beginners. Use it when writing the word for any of this entry’s meanings.
真近真近 is a less common kanji-only variant and is rarely used. Learners will seldom encounter it and should generally choose 間近 instead.
Definitions
- na-adjective, nounnear; close (to); nearby
- na-adjective, noun(drawing) near; approaching; almost here; just around the corner
Conjugation
| Plain form | 間近（まぢか） |
|---|---|
| Polite (desu) | 間近です（まぢかです） |
| Negative (dewa nai) | 間近ではない（まぢかではない） |
| polite (dewa arimasen) | 間近ではありません（まぢかではありません） |
| Past (datta) | 間近だった（まぢかだった） |
| Past negative (dewa nakatta) | 間近ではなかった（まぢかではなかった） |
| Te form (de) | 間近で（まぢかで） |
| Adverbial (ni) | 間近に（まぢかに） |
| Conditional (nara) | 間近なら（まぢかなら） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym間近いまぢかいWrittenAn adjective covering both distance and time, with the same sense as 「間近」 but used far less often; 「間近」 is a noun and adjectival noun, as in 「完成間近」.
- Synonym近接きんせつWrittenWritten word for lying adjacent or close, or for gradually approaching, as in 「駅に近接する」; 「間近」 can express both spatial nearness and imminent time.
- Synonym近いちかいNeutralThe most general adjective, covering distance, time and close relationships; 「間近」 is stronger, meaning right at hand or about to happen.
- Synonym手近てぢかNeutralWithin arm's reach, or familiar and close at hand in daily life, as in 「手近な例」; 「間近」 means right before your eyes or imminent in time.
- RelatedそばNeutralThe place right beside someone or something, mostly about position, plus the pattern 「…そばから」 for 'as soon as'; 「間近」 can also mean a day is drawing near.
- Related接近せっきんWrittenThe process of drawing near, or of a gap closing or people growing closer, as in 「台風が接近する」; 「間近」 says something is already right before you.
- Related近くちかくNeutralThe vicinity, 'nearly', or as an adverb 'soon'; broader in range than 「間近」, which stresses being right before your eyes or imminent.
- Related隣接したりんせつしたFormalFormal written word for adjoining or neighboring — position only, as in 「隣接した土地」; 「間近」 can also signal that a moment is imminent.
- Related近傍きんぼうWrittenWritten word for the surrounding area, also the mathematical 'neighborhood'; space only, while 「間近」 stresses being right before you and can be about time.
Use 「間近」 for something right before your eyes or just about to happen, as in 「間近で見る」 and 「完成間近」. For general 'near' say 「近い」, for the vicinity 「近く」, for within reach 「手近」, and in written prose for approaching 「接近」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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