近い
【ちかい(1)】

[参照]⇒ちかく(1)
①【空間的に】near, close[klus](⇔far, distant)（◆nearよりも接近の度合いが大きい）
*私の学校は家から近い　My school is near [close to,×near from] my house.
*このあたりでいちばん近い病院はどこですか　Where is the nearest hospital around here?
*私は入り口にいちばん近い所にある絵が気に入った　I like the picture nearest (to) the entrance.（◆比較変化したnearer, nearestは前置詞としても用いられるが,toを付けるほうがふつう）
*彼女は明かりに近い方へいすを動かした　She moved her chair closer to the light.
◆*ゴールは近いぞ　The goal is right up ahead. / これが家へ帰るいちばん近い道です　This is the shortest way back home.
②【時間的に】near, close
*近い将来に　in the near future / 試験が近い　The exams are near [close] at hand.≒The exams are around the corner.
◆*ごく近い将来に　in the immediate future / 近いうちに電話するよ　I'll call you ｢one of these days [soon]. / きのう寝たのは1時近かった　It was nearly [almost, close to] one o'clock when I went to bed yesterday.
③【関係・程度・性質が】close, near
*近い親戚(しんせき)　a close relative / 真空に近い状態　a near vacuum condition
*英語はドイツ語に近い　English is close [similar] to German.
*彼女の答えは完璧(かんぺき)に近かった　Her answer was ｢close to [almost] perfect.
*（正解などに）近いですよ　You're [That's] close.
*彼の考え方が私のに最も近い　His views are closest [nearest] to my own.
*私たちは年が近い　We are close in age.
*この人工芝は天然の芝に限りなく近い　This artificial turf is the closest [nearest] thing to natural turf.
◆*私が彼女に将棋で勝つなんて不可能に近い　It's almost [nearly, next to] impossible for me to beat her at shogi.（◆next toは否定的な意味合いの語の前で用いられる） / 彼の野球選手生命も終わりに近い　His career as a baseball player is coming to an end. / 冬になるとトイレが近くなるものだ　In winter, people go to the bathroom more often.
④【数が】almost, nearly;（およそ）about
*100人近い人がバスを待っていた　Almost [Nearly] one hundred people were waiting for the bus.
*祖父は90近い　My grandfather is almost [nearly, close to, going on,《口語的》pushing] ninety.

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