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Breakdown of chikaku
近いchikai
near
Usages of chikaku
東京 は 横浜 の 近く です か？toukyou wa yokohama no chikaku desu ka?
Is Tokyo near Yokohama?
この 近く にkono chikaku ni
near here
昨夜、 近く の 家 で 火事 が ありました。yuube, chikaku no ie de kaji ga arimashita.
Last night, there was a fire at a nearby house.
The particle で is used here because the fire is an event and not a static object.
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Japanese verbs conjugate based on tense, politeness, and mood. For example, the polite present form adds ‑ます to the verb stem, while the past tense uses ‑ました. Unlike English, Japanese verbs don't change based on the subject — the same form works for "I", "you", and "they".
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