身近

みぢか
near oneself
みじか
near oneself
close to one
familiar

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みぢか【身近】

¶ → 身近に

◇ → 身近な

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みぢか【身近】

～な familiar; near oneself; close to one.

●身近な人たち people who are close to one

・身近な出来事 an incident that impinges on one's life

・身近な問題 an issue that one is familiar with

・その種の訴訟は身近なところでいくらも起きている. In my immediate circle there are any number of suits of that sort.

身近に at one's side.

●…を身近に置く keep sth by one's side [at one's elbow]

・…を身近に感じる feel…familiar [close] 《to one》

・それはだれしも身近に感じていることだ. Everybody knows it by personal experience. | Everyone feels it close to himself.

・そのころ私は秘書として田代氏のきわめて身近にいた. At that time, as his secretary, I was very close to Mr. Tashiro.