接近
せっきん
Meanings
- Noun, する verb, Intransitive getting closer; drawing nearer; approaching
- being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.)
- becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
Kanji
Example sentences
- １つが通り過ぎたかと思うと、すぐに次の台風が接近する。
No sooner has one typhoon passed than the next one approaches. - 今日の新聞によれば、大型の台風が接近中のようだ。
Today's paper says that a big typhoon is approaching. - 春の接近は暖かい天候をもたらす。
The approach of spring brings warm weather. - 新聞によると台風が接近中であった。
The newspaper said that a typhoon was approaching. - 台風９号は四国に接近している。
Typhoon No.9 is approaching Shikoku.
Common phrases
Words containing 接近
- 急接近 (きゅうせっきん) fast approach
- 接近音 (せっきんおん) approximant
- 対地接近警報装置 (たいちせっきんけいほうそうち) ground proximity warning system
And 6 more.