隣

Meaning

隣 centers on the idea of being next to something else: a neighbor, an adjacent place, or something nearby.

• 隣となり
  N5

  next (to); adjoining; adjacent

• 近隣きんりん
  N1

  neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

• 隣接りんせつ

  adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined

• 隣人りんじん
  N1

  neighbour; neighbor; (people in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood

• 隣国りんごく

  neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country

• 隣り合わせとなりあわせ
  N1

  adjoining each other; next to each other

• 隣家りんか
  N1

  neighbouring house; neighboring house

• 両隣りょうどなり

  both sides (on the left and right); both neighbours

• 隣県りんけん

  neighboring prefecture; adjacent prefecture

• 隣室りんしつ

  next or adjoining room

• 隣席りんせき

  next seat; adjacent seat

• 隣地りんち

  adjoining land

• 隣組となりぐみ

  tonarigumi; small-scale neighborhood associations established during WWII for fire fighting, policing, etc.

• 隣村りんそん

  neighboring village; neighbouring village

• 善隣ぜんりん

  good neighbour; good neighbor

• 隣り合うとなりあう
  N1

  to adjoin each other; to sit side by side

• 隣近所となりきんじょ

  neighbors; neighbours; neighborhood; neighbourhood

• お隣さんおとなりさん

  (next-door) neighbour; neighbor

• 一軒置いて隣いっけんおいてとなり

  next door but one

• 三隣亡さんりんぼう

  unlucky day for starting construction of a house (which would result in a fire that spreads to three adjacent houses)

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