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近い · i-adjective

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	近ちかい	近ちかくない
Polite	近ちかいです	近ちかくないですalso 近ちかくありません
Past polite	近ちかかったです	近ちかくなかったですalso 近ちかくありませんでした
Past	近ちかかった	近ちかくなかった
Te-form	近ちかくて	近ちかくなくて
Adverbial	近ちかく
Conditional	近ちかければ	近ちかくなければ
Tara conditional	近ちかかったら	近ちかくなかったら

Meanings

Physical proximity; used for locations, distances, and spatial closeness.

Related words· 6

親したしいN3sense 3
近い can describe any close relationship (family, coworkers, friends), while 親しい specifically emphasizes emotional familiarity and warmth between people.
似にるN4sense 4
近い (sense of 'nearly the same') describes a degree of closeness or resemblance as an adjective, while 似る is the verb meaning 'to resemble' and focuses on shared characteristics.
身み近ぢかN2
近い is a general adjective for physical or temporal closeness, while 身近 emphasizes personal relevance or familiarity in daily life.
間ま近ぢかN1
近い is the general i-adjective for 'near' in space or time, while 間近 stresses that something is right up close or about to happen.

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至し近きん
近い is the common everyday adjective for 'near', while 至近 is a more formal noun/adjectival term often used in set compounds like 至近距離.
目めと鼻はなの先さきN1
近い is the plain adjective for 'near', whereas 目と鼻の先 is a fixed idiom that emphasizes just how close something is.

Opposites

遠とおいN5
近い means something is physically or temporally close, while 遠い means it is far away or distant.
かけ離はなれる
近い means 'close' or 'near', the direct opposite of かけ離れる's sense of being a long way apart.
遥はるかN2
近い means close or near, the direct opposite of 遥か when describing physical or metaphorical distance.

Don't confuse with

近ちかくN4
近い is the i-adjective meaning 'close/near', while 近く is its noun/adverb form used for a nearby place, an approximate amount, or 'soon'.
誓ちかい
誓い (a vow) and 近い (near, close) are pronounced identically but are completely unrelated words with different kanji and meanings.