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JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

間ま近ぢか

majika

approaching, just around the corner

Example sentences

入学試験にゅうがくしけんが間近まぢかに迫せまっていた。
Our entrance examination was near at hand.
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初はじめて会あった時とき、彼女かのじょは30間近まぢかだった。
She was approaching thirty when I first met her.
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間近まぢかに迫せまった景気回復けいきかいふくは、急速きゅうそくで力強ちからづよいものだろう。
Business recovery, which looks to be just around the corner, will be rapid and strong.
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Kanji in 間近

間space; intervalOnカン・ケンKunあいだ・ま・あい
近near; earlyOnキン・コンKunちかい

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