neighboring
隣 centers on the idea of being next to something else: a neighbor, an adjacent place, or something nearby.
隣 combines ⻖ (mound, hill) with 粦, which likely contributes the sound. The mound radical often relates to places, suggesting a neighboring place or area.
The left side ⻖ looks like a hill or mound, and the right side 粦 resembles a pile of rice grains. Picture two hills side by side, each with its own rice pile, like neighboring villages.
For リン, imagine a ring of neighboring houses all connected: ring -> リン, and each house is next to the other.
next (to); adjoining; adjacent
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
neighbour; neighbor; (people in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
adjoining each other; next to each other
neighbouring house; neighboring house
both sides (on the left and right); both neighbours
neighboring prefecture; adjacent prefecture
next or adjoining room
next seat; adjacent seat
adjoining land
tonarigumi; small-scale neighborhood associations established during WWII for fire fighting, policing, etc.
neighboring village; neighbouring village
(next-door) neighbour; neighbor
next door but one
unlucky day for starting construction of a house (which would result in a fire that spreads to three adjacent houses)
next door but one; (a house) two doors away
late autumn that makes it seem like winter is coming
second door from here