Illustration: Along the open corridor of a small Japanese apartment building, two residents stand at immediately adjacent doorways, each with a visible genkan behind them. One holds out a house slipper retrieved from their own entrance; the other stands wearing its matching slipper and reaches over sheepishly.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

隣りん人じん

rinjin

neighbor

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしの隣人りんじんはいい人ひとだ。

    My neighbor is nice.

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  2. 彼かれらは隣人りんじんと仲なかがよい。

    They are on good terms with their neighbors.

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  3. 隣人りんじんを夕食ゆうしょくに招待しょうたいした。

    I called my neighbors over for dinner.

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Kanji in 隣人

  • 隣neighboringOnリンKunとなる・となり
  • 人personOnジン・ニンKunひと

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