隣人|りんじんrinjin[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounneighbour; neighbor; (people in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood
   よい垣根かきねはよい隣人りんじんをつくる。↗

   Good fences make good neighbors.

• Related隣近所となりきんじょNeutralNeutral in tone: the people and households in the surrounding area — the neighborhood as a whole. 「隣人」 is more written and refers to individual neighbors.
• Related隣保りんぽWrittenMeans neighbors or neighboring houses, but is rare even in written prose; today mostly seen in the names of local organizations.

For an individual neighbor in writing, use 「隣人」; in everyday speech say 「お隣さん」 or 「近所の人」. For the neighborhood as a whole — the people and houses around you — use 「隣近所」. 「隣保」 is rare and mostly appears in local organization names.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 隣となりの敷地しきちや部屋へやに住すむ人ひと。ネイバー。
2. 周囲しゅういにいる人ひと。
3. (キリスト教きりすときょう、しばしば「となりびと」)自分じぶん以外いがいの人ひと。