Illustration: On a school courtyard bench, a student without her glasses holds a tiny model train close to her face, inspecting its miniature wheels with relaxed, precise attention. She has just looked up and now squints toward a friend waving from the distant gate, leaning forward without recognizing him.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

近きん視し

kinshi

nearsightedness

Example sentences

  1. 近視きんしなんですか？

    Are you nearsighted?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしは近視きんしなので、あの看板かんばんに何なにが書かいてあるか分わからない。

    I am near-sighted, so I cannot make out what is written on that signboard.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. トムは近視きんしだから遠とおくが見みえないんだ。

    Tom is short-sighted, so he can’t see far.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 近視

  • 近near; earlyOnキン・コンKunちかい
  • 視inspection; regard asOnシKunみる

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