隣（となり）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: next door / adjacent
Example sentences
- 隣の家では大きな犬を飼っている。 — The house next door keeps a big dog.
- 電車で隣の席の人と少し話した。 — I chatted a bit with the person in the seat next to me on the train.
Idioms & proverbs containing “隣”
- 隣の花は赤い (となりのはなはあかい) — the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's flowers are redder
- 隣の芝は青い (となりのしばはあおい) — the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
- 隣の糂粏味噌 (となりのじんだみそ) — the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's salted rice bran paste (smells sweeter)
- 隣の芝生は青い (となりのしばふはあおい) — the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
- 汝の隣人を愛せよ (なんじのりんじんをあいせよ) — love your neighbour (neighbor)
- 徳は孤ならず必ず隣あり (とくはこならずかならずとなりあり) — the virtuous man will not long remain lonely
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