Illustration: Just outside the entrance of a small Japanese apartment building, a resident in slippers receives a bag of bread from the neighborhood baker next door. The baker already has the familiar order waiting and greets the resident with an easy smile.

JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

身み近ぢか

mijika

close to home, familiar

Example sentences

  1. そもそも事故じこの大半たいはんは熱帯雨林ねったいうりんではなく、身近みぢかな場所ばしょでおこるのである。

    Most accidents, after all, happen around the corner, not in the rainforest.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 神社じんじゃが身近みぢかになり、より親近感しんきんかんを持もってもらえる。

    People are able to feel affinity towards the shrines since they are more easily accessible.

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

  3. また大おおきな都市としには能楽堂のうがくどうがあり、身近みぢかに能のうに接せっすることができる。

    There are Nohgakudo in major cities to provide easy access to Noh plays.

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

Kanji in 身近

  • 身somebody; personOnシンKunみ
  • 近near; earlyOnキン・コンKunちかい

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