密みっ接せつ

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密接する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	密みっ接せつする	密みっ接せつしない
Polite	密みっ接せつします	密みっ接せつしません
Past polite	密みっ接せつしました	密みっ接せつしませんでした
Past	密みっ接せつした	密みっ接せつしなかった
Te-form	密みっ接せつして	密みっ接せつしないで
Desire	密みっ接せつしたい	密みっ接せつしたくない
Potential	密みっ接せつできる	密みっ接せつできない
Passive	密みっ接せつされる	密みっ接せつされない
Causative	密みっ接せつさせる	密みっ接せつさせない
Causative passive	密みっ接せつさせられる	密みっ接せつさせられない
Volitional	密みっ接せつしよう
Polite volitional	密みっ接せつしましょう
Imperative	密みっ接せつしろ	密みっ接せつするな
Conditional	密みっ接せつすれば	密みっ接せつしなければ
Tara conditional	密みっ接せつしたら	密みっ接せつしなかったら

Meanings

na-adjective, noun

close; closely connected; intimate

Used mainly for a close relationship, connection, relevance, or interaction between people, organizations, ideas, causes, and effects. Often appears as 密接な or 密接に.

両りょう国こくは密みっ接せつな関かん係けいにある。
The two countries have a close relationship.
健けん康こうは食しょく生せい活かつと密みっ接せつに関かん係けいしている。
Health is closely related to diet.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

being close together; being adjacent; being in close proximity

Physical closeness or adjacency, especially when things are close together or almost touching. This use is less common than the abstract relationship sense; 隣接 or 接近 may be more ordinary for simple adjacency.

この地ち区くでは家いえ々いえが密みっ接せつして建たっている。
In this district, the houses stand very close together.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉と密みっ接せつな関かん係けいにあるto have a close relationship with〈something〉
経けい済ざい成せい長ちょうと環かん境きょう問もん題だいは密みっ接せつな関かん係けいにある。
Economic growth and environmental issues are closely related.
〈場ば所しょ〉に密みっ接せつするto be in close proximity to〈a place〉
この工こう場じょうは住じゅう宅たく地ちに密みっ接せつしている。
This factory is located right next to the residential area.
〈事こと〉に密みっ接せつに関かん連れんするto be closely connected to〈something〉
この病びょう気きの発はっ症しょうは生せい活かつ習しゅう慣かんに密みっ接せつに関かん連れんしている。
The onset of this disease is closely linked to lifestyle habits.
〈人ひと〉と密みっ接せつに連れん携けいするto coordinate closely with〈someone〉
各かく部ぶ署しょは密みっ接せつに連れん携けいして問もん題だいを解かい決けつした。
Each department coordinated closely to solve the problem.

Kanji

密secrecy, density (pop), minuteness
接touch, contact, adjoin

Related words

緊きん密みつ sense 1
緊密 emphasizes tight cooperation or an inseparable bond, while 密接 more broadly describes any close connection or relevance between things.
隣りん接せつ sense 2
隣接 specifically means being physically adjacent to something, usually places or objects, while 密接 in this sense is a less common, more general way to say things are close together.
親しん密みつN1sense 1
親密 describes personal emotional intimacy between people, whereas 密接 is used more broadly for abstract relationships, causes, or ideas.
密みっ着ちゃく
密接 is used mainly for abstract close relationships (密接な関係), while 密着 covers both physical contact and abstract ties, often implying an even tighter or more immediate connection.
近きん接せつ
密接 emphasizes a close, tight relationship or connection (often figurative), while 近接 usually describes literal physical proximity or nearing.

Opposites

疎そ遠えんN1sense 1
疎遠 describes a relationship that has become distant or estranged, the opposite of the close connection expressed by 密接.

Don't confuse with

密みっ着ちゃく
密着 means to stick or adhere closely to something physically (like film to a surface), while 密接 usually describes a close abstract relationship rather than physical contact.
密みっ集しゅうN1
密接 describes a close relationship or connection between things (often abstract), while 密集 describes physical crowding of people or objects in space.

Word family

密みっ接せつ交こう際さい者しゃ
close associate of a criminal organization; person who socializes with gangsters

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound written with 密, associated with closeness or density, and 接, associated with touching or connecting. The spelling straightforwardly matches the meaning of close connection or proximity.