Illustration: At a neighborhood park, a young adult with their glasses temporarily removed examines a small toy dog held close to their face, comfortably noticing its tiny collar. Beyond their hand, a real dog waits beside a friend several meters away.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

近きん眼がん

kingan

nearsightedness

Example sentences

  1. 十人じゅうにんに一人いちにんは近眼きんがんである。

    One out of ten persons is nearsighted.

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  2. 近眼きんがんなんですか？

    Are you nearsighted?

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  3. 一葉いちようは近眼きんがんのため細こまかい仕事しごとが不得手ふえてであったので、自分じぶんにできる他ほかの収入しゅうにゅうの道みちを探さがしていた。

    As Ichiyo’s nearsightedness made her bad at detail work, she searched for other ways to earn income.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 近眼

  • 近near; earlyOnキン・コンKunちかい
  • 眼eyeballOnガン・ゲンKunまなこ・め

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