See 近い in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"antonyms": [
{
"english": "distant",
"roman": "tōi",
"ruby": [
[
"遠",
"とお"
]
],
"word": "遠い"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "ojp",
"3": "-",
"sort": "ちかい"
},
"expansion": "Old Japanese",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "jpx-pro",
"3": "*tika",
"sort": "ちかい"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Japonic *tika",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *tika.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "近い",
"ruby": [
[
"近",
"ちか"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "chikai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "近く",
"roman": "chikaku",
"ruby": [
[
"近",
"ちか"
]
],
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-i",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "近かろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかかろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "chikakaro",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
]
},
{
"form": "近く",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "chikaku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative"
]
},
{
"form": "近い",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "chikai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "近い",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "chikai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"form": "近けれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "chikakere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "近かれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "chikakare",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "近くない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "chikaku nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "近かった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "chikakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "近くなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "chikaku nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "近いです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかいです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "chikai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "近くないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "chikaku nai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "近かったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "chikakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "近くなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "chikaku nakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "近くて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "chikakute",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "近ければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "chikakereba",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "近かったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "chikakattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "近かろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "chikakarō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "近く",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "chikaku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "近さ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "chikasa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ちかい",
"infl": "i"
},
"expansion": "近(ちか)い • (chikai) -i (adverbial 近(ちか)く (chikaku))",
"name": "ja-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
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"attributive": "い",
"conditional": "ければ",
"conjunctive": "くて",
"continuative": "く",
"degree": "さ",
"formal": "い です",
"formal_negative": "く ない です",
"formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
"formal_past": "かった です",
"hypothetical": "けれ",
"imperative": "かれ",
"imperfective": "かろ",
"informal_negative": "く ない",
"informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
"informal_past": "かった",
"kana": "ちか",
"lemma": "近",
"provisional": "かったら",
"terminal": "い",
"volitional": "かろう"
},
"name": "ja-adj-infl"
}
],
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"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "adj",
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"glosses": [
"near, close to (in space)"
],
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[
"near",
"near"
],
[
"close",
"close"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "3 49 18 9 15 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "1 41 9 21 10 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 27 6 32 10 24",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"near (in time), at hand"
],
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[
"at hand",
"at hand"
]
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"close, closely related"
],
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"links": [
[
"related",
"related"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "1 10 6 42 10 31",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"source": "w+disamb"
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],
"glosses": [
"near, not far off (in amount)"
],
"id": "en-近い-ja-adj-LYunPM5B",
"links": [
[
"far off",
"far off"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"similar in appearance, form, color, shape, etc."
],
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"links": [
[
"similar",
"similar"
],
[
"appearance",
"appearance"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 17 9 9 9 53",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 21 7 25 8 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 22 5 26 8 38",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"close, on good terms with"
],
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"links": [
[
"on good terms with",
"on good terms with"
]
]
}
],
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{
"other": "ちかい"
},
{
"ipa": "[t͡ɕi̥ka̠i]"
}
],
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}
{
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{
"english": "distant",
"roman": "tōi",
"ruby": [
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"遠",
"とお"
]
],
"word": "遠い"
}
],
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"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with manual fragments",
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
"Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic",
"Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
"Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic",
"Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
"Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese い-i adjectives",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
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{
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"2": "ojp",
"3": "-",
"sort": "ちかい"
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"2": "jpx-pro",
"3": "*tika",
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"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *tika.",
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{
"form": "近い",
"ruby": [
[
"近",
"ちか"
]
],
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"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "chikai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "近く",
"roman": "chikaku",
"ruby": [
[
"近",
"ちか"
]
],
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-i",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "近かろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかかろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "chikakaro",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
]
},
{
"form": "近く",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "chikaku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative"
]
},
{
"form": "近い",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "chikai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "近い",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "chikai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"form": "近けれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "chikakere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "近かれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "chikakare",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "近くない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "chikaku nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "近かった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "chikakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "近くなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "chikaku nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "近いです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかいです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "chikai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "近くないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "chikaku nai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "近かったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "chikakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "近くなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "chikaku nakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "近くて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "chikakute",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "近ければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "chikakereba",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "近かったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "chikakattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "近かろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "chikakarō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "近く",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "chikaku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "近さ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "ちかさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "chikasa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
],
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{
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"1": "ちかい",
"infl": "i"
},
"expansion": "近(ちか)い • (chikai) -i (adverbial 近(ちか)く (chikaku))",
"name": "ja-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"adverbial": "く",
"attributive": "い",
"conditional": "ければ",
"conjunctive": "くて",
"continuative": "く",
"degree": "さ",
"formal": "い です",
"formal_negative": "く ない です",
"formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
"formal_past": "かった です",
"hypothetical": "けれ",
"imperative": "かれ",
"imperfective": "かろ",
"informal_negative": "く ない",
"informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
"informal_past": "かった",
"kana": "ちか",
"lemma": "近",
"provisional": "かったら",
"terminal": "い",
"volitional": "かろう"
},
"name": "ja-adj-infl"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"near, close to (in space)"
],
"links": [
[
"near",
"near"
],
[
"close",
"close"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"near (in time), at hand"
],
"links": [
[
"at hand",
"at hand"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"close, closely related"
],
"links": [
[
"related",
"related"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"near, not far off (in amount)"
],
"links": [
[
"far off",
"far off"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"similar in appearance, form, color, shape, etc."
],
"links": [
[
"similar",
"similar"
],
[
"appearance",
"appearance"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"close, on good terms with"
],
"links": [
[
"on good terms with",
"on good terms with"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "ちかい"
},
{
"ipa": "[t͡ɕi̥ka̠i]"
}
],
"word": "近い"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 近い meaning in Japanese (7.4kB)
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"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"近い"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "近い",
"trace": ""
}
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