近ちかい vs. 近ちかく: I’ll Teach Only You The Difference

“近ちかい” and “近ちかく” which might have been one of the complicated words for you guys. However, you would be clear about it from today! Let me introduce how you correctly use them such as native speakers today!

近ちかい(chikai) / 近ちかく(chikaku)

Close / Near

“近ちかい” and “近ちかく” mean “Close or Near” which has been used as the meaning of “not far away in distance”. The difference between “近ちかい” and “近ちかく” is that when people use “近ちかい” in the sentence such as “駅えきから家いえまで近ちかい”, they just focus on “the distance”. Whereas when people use “近ちかく” in the sentence such as “家いえは駅えきの近ちかくにある”, they focus on “the place where the house is”. If they want to explain “the distance”, “近ちかい” is used and if they want to explain “the place”, “近ちかく” is used. For instance, “公園こうえんが近ちかい(The park is near.)”: they want to explain the distance. “近ちかくの公園こうえん(The neighborhood of park)”: they want to explain “the park”.

Example

駅えきから家いえまで近ちかいよ。 (My house is close to the station.) (车站离我家很近。) (역에서 집까지 가까워.) (Từ ga về nhà gần lắm!)

よく家いえに近ちかい公園こうえんでジョギングしてるよ。 (I often go jogging in a park near my house.) (我经常在离我家很近的公园慢跑。) (자주 집에서 가까운 공원에서 조깅해.) (Tớ thường đi bộ ở công viên gần nhà.)

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ここから近ちかいところに住すんでるの？ (Do you live near from here?) (你住在附近吗？) (여기에서 가까운 데에 사는 거야?) (Bạn sống gần đây hả?)

近ちかい場所ばしょにスーパーができて嬉うれしいよ。 (I’m happy to have a supermarket opened nearby.) (很高兴在附近开了一家超市。) (가까운 곳에 슈퍼가 생겨서 기뻐.) (Tớ rất vui vì gần nhà vừa xây một siêu thị.)

家いえは駅えきの近ちかくにあるよ。 (My house is close to the station.) (我家离火车站很近哦。) (집은 역 근처에 있어.) (Nhà tớ ở gần ga đấy!)

よく家いえの近ちかくの公園こうえんでジョギングしてるよ。 (I often go jogging in a park near my house.) (我经常在我家附近的公园慢跑。) (자주 집 근처 공원에서 조깅해.) (Tớ thường đi bộ ở công viên gần nhà.)

この近ちかくに住すんでるの？ (Do you live near here?) (你住在附近吗？) (이 근처에 살아?) (Bạn đang sống gần đây hả?)

近ちかくにスーパーができて嬉うれしいよ。 (I’m happy to have a supermarket opened near by.) (很高兴在附近开了一家超市。) (근처에 슈퍼가 생겨서 기뻐.) (Tớ rất vui vì gần nhà vừa xây một siêu thị.)