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Breakdown of tikaku
近いtikai
near
Usages of tikaku
東京 は 横浜 の 近く です か？toukyou ha yokohama no tikaku desu ka?
Is Tokyo near Yokohama?
この 近く にkono tikaku ni
near here
昨夜、 近く の 家 で 火事 が ありました。yuube, tikaku no ie de kazi ga arimasita.
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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