Kanji: 近

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N4 (upper beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 9 (completion of 2nd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 2nd grade in Japan
Radical:	⻍(⻌) Radical name: しんにょう
Meaning:	Near, early, akin, tantamount
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 200 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	近(ちか)い	near
N5	近(ちか)く	near
N4	近所(きんじょ)	neighbourhood
N4	最近(さいきん)	latest, nowadays
N3	近代(きんだい)	present day
N3	近頃(ちかごろ)	lately, recently, nowadays
N2	接近(せっきん)	getting closer, drawing nearer, approaching
N2	近々(ちかぢか)	nearness, before long
N2	近付(ちかづ)ける	to bring near, to put close, to let come near, to associate with
N2	近寄(ちかよ)る	to approach, to draw near
N2	付近(ふきん)	neighbourhood, vicinity, environs
N1	近眼(きんがん)	nearsightedness, shortsightedness, myopia
N1	近郊(きんこう)	suburbs, outskirts
N1	近視(きんし)	shortsightedness
N1	近付(ちかづ)く	to approach, to get near, to get acquainted with, to get closer
N1	手近(てぢか)	near, handy, familiar
N1	身近(みぢか)	near oneself, close to one, familiar