隣

• 読み: となり
• ローマ字: tonari
• 漢字の分解: 隣 (tonari/rin) — next to, neighbouring, adjacent
• 発音: /to.na.ɾi/

意味

Next to; adjoining; adjacent. The position directly beside something.

A noun indicating the place or thing immediately adjacent. Used with の to modify nouns (隣の部屋 = the next room) and with に for location (隣に = next to). Refers specifically to things side by side, unlike そば or 近く which indicate general proximity.

例文

1. 隣の人はとても親切です。
2. 私の家の隣に病院があります。
3. 隣の席に座ってもいいですか。

使い方ガイド

場面: position, neighbours, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 隣 contains 阝 (hill/mound radical) and 粦 (a phonetic element), originally meaning 'neighbouring houses along a road.'

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal