近辺

Japanese

Kanji in this term
近 辺
きん
Grade: 2 		へん > ぺん
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
近邊 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きんぺん [kíꜜǹpèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [kʲĩmpẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

近(きん)辺(ぺん) • (kinpen) 

  1. vicinity (neighbourhood, or the nearby region)
    • 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 50, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下 先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:
      私(わたくし)は彼(かれ)の生前(せいぜん)に雑司(ぞうし)ヶ谷(や)近辺(きんぺん)をよくいっしょに散歩(さんぽ)した事(こと)があります。
      Watakushi wa kare no seizen ni Zōshigaya kinpen o yoku issho ni sanpo shita koto ga arimasu.
      When he had been alive, I had often walked with him in the vicinity of Zoshigaya.

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