接せっ近きん

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接近する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

approaching; getting closer; drawing near

Physical or spatial approach; also used for abstract things like deadlines or events drawing near.

being close (in degree); not much different

Used for similarity or closeness in age, skill, level, etc., not physical distance.

becoming close; becoming intimate

Refers to interpersonal relationships growing closer or more intimate.

〈場ば所しょ〉に接せっ近きんするto approach (a place)
台たい風ふうが九きゅう州しゅうに接せっ近きんしている。
The typhoon is approaching Kyushu.
〈数かず〉に接せっ近きんするto approach a certain number or level
気き温おんが40度どに接せっ近きんした。
The temperature approached 40 degrees.
〈相あい手て〉に接せっ近きんするto get close to someone (socially or romantically)
彼かれは彼かの女じょに接せっ近きんしようとした。
He tried to get closer to her.
〈時とき〉が接せっ近きんするfor a time or deadline to draw near
試し験けんの日ひが接せっ近きんしてきた。
The exam date is drawing near.

近ちかづくN3sense 1
近づく is the everyday, native verb for physically or temporally approaching something, while 接近 is a more formal, often written/news-style noun for the same idea.
親しん密みつN1sense 3
親密 describes the resulting state of closeness between people, while 接近 in this sense describes the process of two people growing closer.
近ちか寄よるN2sense 1
近寄る emphasizes moving physically nearer to someone or something in a concrete, immediate sense, whereas 接近 can also describe gradual or abstract closing of distance.
迫せまるN2sense 1
迫る stresses that something (a deadline, danger, event) is closing in urgently, while 接近 is a neutral description of the approach itself.

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近きん接せつ
接近 is the more common, general word for physically or abstractly drawing near, while 近接 is more formal and often used in technical descriptions of proximity.
急きゅう接せっ近きんN2
接近 is the neutral word for getting closer or approaching, while 急接近 stresses that the approach or growing closeness happens suddenly and fast.
肉にく薄はく
接近 is a neutral term for physically or relationally getting closer, whereas 肉薄 adds a sense of intensity or confrontation not present in 接近.
歩あゆみ寄よるN1
接近する is a more neutral, formal term for physical approach, while 歩み寄る adds a sense of intentional, personal closing of distance.
隣となり合あわせN1
接近 describes the act of approaching or drawing near, while 隣り合わせ describes the resulting static state of being side by side.

遠とおざかるN1sense 1
遠ざかる means moving away or growing distant, the direct opposite of 接近's sense of drawing near.

近きん接せつ sense 1
近接 describes a static state of being adjacent or in close proximity, while 接近 describes the active process of approaching or drawing near.

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Sino-Japanese compound of 接 (connect, touch) and 近 (near). The meaning follows directly from the kanji components.