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7 近々 Before Long

Alternative Meanings

Soon

Part of Speech

Noun

Reading

ちかぢか

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

きんきん

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

ちかじか

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Context Sentences

それについては、近々はっぴょうがあると思いますよ。

I think there will be an announcement about it soon.

近々雪がふるはずなので、たくさんつもったらかまくらを作ります。

We're supposed to get snow soon, so if we get a lot, I will make a snow igloo.

もしタバコを吸い続けるなら、あなたは近々癌を発症するでしょう。

You’ll get cancer before long if you keep smoking.

Meaning Explanation

When something is close close (the 々 character repeats the kanji that was before it) it will happen before long.

Reading Explanation

The reading is the kun'yomi reading twice; that's the one you learn with the vocab word 近い from the previous level. The second 近 gets converted to ぢか, though, so take note of that.

Utilized Kanji

  • 近
    • きん
    • Near
  • 々
    • のま
    • Repeater
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