Japanese symbol for “neighbourhood”
近所
きんじょ
Romaji: kinjo
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
In Japanese, neighbourhood is 近所, read きんじょ (kinjo).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “neighbourhood”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 町 | まち machi | town; block; neighbourhood |
| 側 | そば soba | (place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to |
| 辺り | あたり atari | (in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity |
| 近隣 | きんりん kinrin | neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity |
| 付近 | ふきん fukin | neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 最近 | さいきん saikin | recently; lately; these days |
| 付近 | ふきん fukin | neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity |
| 近い | ちかい chikai | near; close; short (distance) |
| 近代 | きんだい kindai | present day; modern times; recent times |
| 接近 | せっきん sekkin | getting closer; drawing nearer; approaching |
| 場所 | ばしょ basho | place; location; spot |
| 事務所 | じむしょ jimusho | office |
| 所有 | しょゆう shoyuu | possession; ownership |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.