Japanese

You've already learned several ways to describe the relative position of things in Japanese.
	In this lesson we will expand that vocabulary to include <ruby>近tikaく</ruby>, meaning near,
	<ruby>隣tonari</ruby>, meaning next to,
	and <ruby>間aida</ruby>, meaning between.



	To say that A is near or next to B, we use the pattern ＡはＢのＸです,
	with X being <ruby>近tikaく</ruby> or <ruby>隣tonari</ruby> respectively.



	To say that A is between B and C, we use the pattern <ruby>AはBとCの間aidaです</ruby>.



	Below are some example sentences using these words in context.


<table class="ui fixed celled table">
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th>English</th>
			<th>Japanese</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr data-item="30668"></tr>
		<tr data-item="30673"></tr>
		<tr data-item="30676"></tr>
		<tr data-item="30677"></tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

Near, Next to, and Between

hiragana character

kanji

adnominal

adverb

auxiliary

conjunction

compound

i-adjective

interjection

noun

na-adjective

numeral

particle

case particle

conjunctive particle

discourse particle

prefix

pronoun

suffix

verb

sentence

hiragana writing

kanji writing

kanji component

reading vocabulary

katakana writing

katakana character

godan - group 1

itidan - group 2

group 3

transitive

intransitive

proper noun

discourse

phrase

expression

Word	私わたし　の　車くるま　は　メルセデス　と　トヨタ　の　間あいだ　です。 watasi no kuruma ha merusedesu to toyota no aida desu.
Meaning	My car is between the Mercedes and Toyota.
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation

I	私わたし watasi
to be	です desu
topic particle	は ha
possessive case particle	の no
car	車くるま kuruma
and; or; with; if	と to
between	間あいだ aida
Mercedes	メルセデス merusedesu
Toyota	トヨタ toyota

Japanese

watasi no kuruma ha merusedesu to toyota no aida desu.

Breakdown of watasi no kuruma ha merusedesu to toyota no aida desu.

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