近く ちかく near N5 #1,349 Also a form of 近い ちかい adverb near N5 Meanings noun, takes の, adverb near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity suffix nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to adverb shortly; soon Its kanji 近 キン、コン · ちか.い near, early, akin, tantamount