• 近著きんちょ

  recent work

• 近作きんさく

  recent work

• 近年きんねん

  recent years

• 近衛このえ

  Imperial Guards

• 近親きんしん

  near relative

• 近道ちかみち

  shorter way, shortcut

• 近日きんじつ

  soon, in a few days

• 近所きんじょ

  neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity

• 近隣きんりん

  neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity

• 近辺きんぺん

  neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity

• 近畿きんき

  Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)

• 近視きんし

  myopia, shortsightedness, nearsightedness

• 近海きんかい

  coastal waters, adjacent seas

• 近眼きんがん

  nearsightedness, shortsightedness, myopia

• 近々ちかぢか

  soon, before long, shortly, in the near future

• 近郊きんこう

  outskirts, environs (of a city), surrounding area, surroundings

• 近頃ちかごろ

  lately, recently, nowadays

• 近況きんきょう

  recent state, present state, present condition, current status, current circumstances

• 近世きんせい

  recent past, recent times

• 近くちかく

  near, neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity

• 近いちかい

  near, close, short (distance)

• 近代きんだい

  present day, modern times, recent times

• 側近そっきん

  close aide (of a powerful person), close associate, entourage, attendant, retainer

• 付近ふきん

  neighborhood, neighbourhood, vicinity, environs, surrounding area, district

• 最近さいきん

  recently, lately, these days, nowadays, right now

• 身近みぢか

  near oneself, close to one, familiar

• 接近せっきん

  getting closer, drawing nearer, approaching

• 間近まぢか

  near, close (to), nearby

• 近代的きんだいてき

  modern

• 近距離きんきょり

  short distance

• 近代詩きんだいし

  modern poetry, modern-style poetry

• 近寄るちかよる

  to approach, to draw near

• 近づきちかづき

  acquaintance, making someone's acquaintance

• 近づくちかづく

  to approach, to draw near, to get close

• 親近感しんきんかん

  affinity, feeling of closeness (with someone), feeling of kinship

• 遠近法えんきんほう

  perspective

• 近寄せるちかよせる

  to bring close, to bring near

• 近づけるちかづける

  to bring near, to bring close, to let go near

• 近位きんい

  proximal

• 近時きんじ

  recently

• 近習きんじゅ

  attendant

• 近来きんらい

  recently

• 近医きんい

  local doctor

• 近東きんとう

  Near East

• 近事きんじ

  recent events

• 近詠きんえい

  recent poem

• 近景きんけい

  foreground

• 近場ちかば

  nearby place

• 近体きんたい

  modern style

• 近業きんぎょう

  recent work