比ひ隣りん

noun

nearby; vicinity

Rare literary noun meaning the immediate neighborhood or close vicinity. Not used in everyday speech; modern equivalents include 近所, 付近, or 隣近所.

• 古ふるい文ぶん章しょうでは「比ひ隣りん」が近きん隣りんを指さすことがある。

  In old texts, 比隣 can refer to the neighborhood.