[じ, ji] (n) (1) thing; matter; (2) incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; (3) circumstances; situation; state of affairs; (4) work; business; affair; (5) after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; (n-suf) (6) (See 事・ごと・1) nominalizing suffix; (7) (See 事・ごと・2) pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; (P) #353
[ちかく, chikaku] (n-adv, n) (1) (See 近い) near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; (n-suf) (2) nearly (i.e. "it took nearly one year"); close to; (adv) (3) shortly; soon; (P) #1839
[konna] (adj-pn) (See あんな, そんな, どんな・1) such (about something; someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or about ideas expressed by the speaker); like this; (P) #4123
[わき, waki] (n) (1) armpit; under one's arm; side; flank; (2) (also written as 傍, 側) beside; close to; near; by; (3) aside; to the side; away; out of the way; (4) off-track; off-topic; (5) (usu. written ワキ in Noh) deuteragonist; supporting role; (6) (abbr) (See 脇句) second verse (in a linked series of poems); (P) #5679
[より, yori] (n) (1) pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters (sumo); (suf) (2) having a tendency towards; being close to #6405
[その, sono] (adj-pn) (1) (uk) (See 何の・どの, 此の, 其れ・1, 彼の) that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; (int) (2) um...; er...; uh...; (P) #13302
[みぢか, midika] (adj-na, n) near oneself; close to one; familiar; (P) #14798
[くっつく, kuttsuku] (v5k, vi) (1) (uk) to adhere to; to stick to; to cling to; (2) (uk) to keep close to; to go along with; (3) (uk) to get involved with; to be thick with; to become intimate; (P)
[べたつく, betatsuku] (v5k, vi) (1) (uk) to be sticky; (2) to be close together
[もうすこしで, mousukoshide] (exp) almost; nearly; close to
[もうすこしのところで, mousukoshinotokorode] (exp) almost; nearly; close to
[gashi ru] (v5r) to well up; to be overcome with emotion; to be close to tears
[よりそう, yorisou] (v5u, vi) to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
[きょうびえんるい, kyoubienrui] (n, adj-no) catarrhine (primate of infraorder Catarrhini having nostrils that are close together, esp. the Old World monkeys of family Cercopithecidae)
[ちかよせる, chikayoseru] (v1, vt) to bring close to; to associate with; (P)
[ちあい, chiai] (n) meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine
[くろみ, kuromi] (n) (See 血合い) meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine
[この, kono] (adj-pn) (uk) (See 何の・どの, 此れ・1, 其の・1, 彼の) this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker); (P)
[ここ, koko] (n) (1) (uk) (See 何処, 其処, 彼処) here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place; (2) (See 今迄) these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence
[こなた;こんた(ok), konata ; konta (ok)] (n) (1) (uk) (See 何方・どちら・1, 其方・1, 彼方・あちら・1) this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker); this direction; (2) here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is); (3) this one (something physically close to the speaker); (pn, adj-no) (4) I; me; we; us; (5) this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status); (P)
[こう, kou] (adv) (1) (uk) (See ああ, 然う, 如何・どう) in this way (used for something or someone close to the speaker, including the speaker himself, or for the opinions of the speaker); thus; such; (int) (2) uh... (interjection used as a verbal pause); (P)
[しにかける, shinikakeru] (v1) to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
[じきにさしかける, jikinisashikakeru] (v1) to get close to the time
[みみもと, mimimoto] (n) close to the ear; (P)
[みみもとで, mimimotode] (exp) close to one's ears
[しゅきん, shukin] (n) people close to the head man
[とりなおし, torinaoshi] (n) rematch (e.g. in sumo when the match is too close to decide)
[みをよせる, miwoyoseru] (exp, v1) (1) to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; (2) to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
[なりなんとす;なんなんとす, narinantosu ; nannantosu] (exp) (arch) (See 垂んとする) to close in on (30 years of age, etc.); to approach; to get close to
[なんなんとする, nannantosuru] (vs-s, vi) (uk) (See 垂んとす) to close in on (30 years of age, etc.); to approach; to get close to
[そちら(P);そっち(P);そなた;そち, sochira (P); socchi (P); sonata ; sochi] (pn, adj-no) (1) (uk) (See 何方・どちら・1, 此方・こちら・1, 彼方・あちら・1) that way (direction distant from the speaker, close to the listener); (2) there (place distant from the speaker, close to the listener); (3) that one (something close to the listener); (4) (See 汝・そなた) you; your family; (5) that person (someone close to the listener); (P)
[ひたと, hitato] (adv) close to
[あたらずといえどもとおからず, atarazutoiedomotookarazu] (exp) not exactly correct, but pretty close to it; not far off the mark
[あてうま, ateuma] (n) stallion brought close to a mare to test her readiness to mate; stalking horse; spoiler
[にくはく, nikuhaku] (n, vs) come close to; closing in upon; pressing hard (on the enemy); challenge; (P)
[うきうお, ukiuo] (n) fish which lives close to the surface
[かべぎわ, kabegiwa] (n, n-adv) close to the wall; alongside the wall
[むつみあう, mutsumiau] (v5u, vi) to get along well together; to be close to each other
[すりよる, suriyoru] (v5r, vi) to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
[りんりつ, rinritsu] (n, vs) stand close together; (P)
[りんし, rinshi] (n, adj-no) near-death; close to death