Illustration: At a hands-on exhibit in a Japanese science museum, a child turns a small crank attached to one of two large exposed gears. The gears' teeth interlock firmly, so the second gear turns with the first and lifts a little mechanical bird on a short connecting arm.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

密みっ接せつ

missetsu

closely connected

Example sentences

  1. オランダ語ごはドイツ語ごと密接みっせつなつながりがある。

    Dutch is closely related to German.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 両国りょうこくはお互たがいに密接みっせつな関係かんけいがある。

    The two countries are closely related to each other.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. これはその問題もんだいと密接みっせつな関係かんけいがある。

    This is closely bound up with the question.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 密接

  • 密secrecy; density (pop)OnミツKunひそか
  • 接touch; contactOnセツ・ショウKunつぐ

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