JLPT N5 vocabulary
近い: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
ちかい2Nakadaka · falls inside
i-adjective
Meaning
- near, close, short (distance)
- close (in time), soon
- close (relationship), friendly, intimate
- closely related
- similar, almost the same, close to, nearly

Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 近い | 近 |
| Plain past過去形 | 近 | 近 |
| Polite presentです形 | 近い | 近 |
| Polite pastでした形 | 近 | 近 |
| Te-formて形 | 近 | 近 |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 近い | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 近 | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 近 | 近 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 近 | 近 |