近く: near
近く chikaku
near; neighborhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year")
JLPT N5Town & travel
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
晩期には、海の近くで、海水を煮て塩を作る製塩土器も使われました。
In the Final stage, near the sea, salt-making pottery was also used to boil seawater and make salt.
From the lesson 人の数と暮らしの変化
This was because houses gathered near the paddy fields and the population increased.
From the lesson 家とムラ
次の年には、近くから、銅鐸六個と銅矛十六本も見つかりました。
The next year, six dōtaku and sixteen bronze spears were also found nearby.
From the lesson 銅鐸