近所

近所

Japanese

Kanji in this term
近	所
きん Grade: 2	しょ > じょ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) き​んじょ [kíꜜǹjò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [kʲĩɲ̟d͡ʑo̞]

Noun

近所 (hiragana きんじょ, rōmaji kinjo)

1. a neighborhood
   • 2010 July 13, Kikuno, Shirakawa, “最さい強きょう家か族ぞくだぞ　１ [We’re the Most Powerful Family!: 1]”, in モモ缶かん [Momokan], volume 7, Tokyo: Kodansha:

     サトコはご近 (きん)所 (じょ)に聞 (き)き込 (こ)み頼 (たの)む‼　モモはパンに食 (く)いつくな‼　オレは玄 (げん)関 (かん)で張 (は)り込 (こ)みだ‼

     Satoko wa gokinjo ni kikikomi tanomu‼ Momo wa pan ni kuitsuku na‼ Ore wa genkan de harikomi da‼

     Satoko investigates in the neighborhood‼ Momo tries not to eat that bread‼ I stake out the doorway‼

Synonyms

• 近 (きん)辺 (ぺん) (kinpen)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN