Japanese

Noun

近所 ‎(hiragana きんじょ, romaji kinjo)

1. a neighborhood
   • 2010 July 13, Kikuno Shirakawa, “最さい強きょう家か族ぞくだぞ [The Most Powerful Family]”, in モモ缶かん [Momo-Can], volume 7 (in Japanese), Tokyo: Kodansha:

     サトコはご近 (きん)所 (じょ)に聞 (き)き込 (こ)み頼 (たの)む‼　モモはパンに食 (く)いつくな‼　オレは玄 (げん)関 (かん)で張 (は)り込 (こ)みだ‼

     Satoko wa gokinjo ni kikikomi tanomu‼ Momo wa pan ni kuitsuku na‼ Ore wa genkan de harikomi da‼

     Satoko investigates in the neighborhood‼ Momo doesn't eat that bread‼ I stake out the doorway‼

Synonyms

• 近辺 (きんぺん) ‎(kinpen)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3