近
キン • コン
ちか.い
near; early; akin; tantamount
Words
近世日本語
きんせいにほんご
- Early Modern Japanese n ling
お近づきになる
おちかづきになる
- to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with) exp v5r
近江
おうみ
- Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture) n
近江泥棒伊勢乞食
おうみどろぼういせこじき
- merchants from Ise and Ōmi do not waste their money (unlike Edoites); robbers from Ōmi, beggars from Ise exp derog proverb arch
遠くの親戚より近くの他人
とおくのしんせきよりちかくのたにん
- a neighbour is better than a relative living far exp proverb