Denshi Jisho — Online Japanese dictionary

近く ちかく 1: near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity;
2: (Noun suffix) nearly (i.e. "it took nearly one year"); close to;
3: (Adverb) shortly; soon
Common word, Adverbial noun, Noun 

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