近く ちかく near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity n adj-no n-adv nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to n-suf shortly; soon adv beginner ➥
近い ちかい near; close; short (distance) adj-i close (in time); soon adj-i close (relationship); friendly; intimate adj-i closely related adj-i similar; almost the same; close to; nearly adj-i beginner ➥
最近 さいきん recently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now n-adv n-t adj-no nearest; closest adj-no Beginner ➥
近代 きんだい present day; modern times; recent times n early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II) n Beginner II ➥