身み近ぢか

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

Describes things physically or emotionally close, familiar, or relevant to one's daily life. Often used with な to modify nouns.

〈事こと〉が身み近ぢかになるfor something to become familiar/close to one's life
インターネットのおかげで、海かい外がいの情じょう報ほうが身み近ぢかになった。
Thanks to the internet, information from abroad has become close to our daily lives.
身み近ぢかな〈物もの〉a familiar/everyday thing
スマートフォンは身み近ぢかな道どう具ぐになった。
The smartphone has become an everyday tool.
〈事こと〉を身み近ぢかに感かんじるto feel something as close or relatable
環かん境きょう問もん題だいを身み近ぢかに感かんじるようになった。
I've come to feel environmental issues as something close to me.
〈場ば所しょ〉に身み近ぢかな〈物もの〉があるto have something familiar/nearby in a place
この町まちには身み近ぢかな自し然ぜんがたくさんある。
This town has a lot of nature close at hand.

近ちかいN5
近い is a general adjective for physical or temporal closeness, while 身近 emphasizes personal relevance or familiarity in daily life.
手て近ぢかN1
手近 describes something within easy physical reach, whereas 身近 focuses more on emotional or experiential closeness.
親したしいN3
親しい describes a close personal relationship, whereas 身近 can refer to things or people that are simply near or familiar without implying intimacy.
手て元もとN1
手元 refers narrowly to being within hand's reach, whereas 身近 is broader, meaning close to one's person or life in general.

遠とおいN5
遠い means distant or far, the direct opposite of 身近's sense of closeness and familiarity.
縁えん遠どおい
縁遠い describes something unrelated or unconnected to one's life, contrasting with 身近's sense of personal relevance.

間ま近ぢかN1
間近 means imminent or close in time (e.g. 試験が間近だ), while 身近 means familiar or relevant to daily life, not about timing.

Compound of 身 (body, oneself) and 近 (near). The reading みぢか is a rendaku form of ちか.