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JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

隣となり合あわせ

tonariawase

next to each other, adjoining

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれらの農場のうじょうは隣となり合あわせになっている。

    Their farms adjoin.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. これは、厳きびしい旅たびが続つづく巡礼中じゅんれいちゅうは死しと隣となり合あわせであるから。

    That’s because death is always close at hand during an arduous pilgrimage.

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

  3. 私わたしたちは電車でんしゃで隣となり合あわせの席せきに座すわった。

    We sat in seats next to each other on the train.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 隣合

  • 隣neighboringOnリンKunとなる・となり
  • 合fit; suitOnゴウ・ガッ・カッKunあう・あい・あい-

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