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接近 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
接近
BOOST
Reading : せっきん   
1. getting closer; drawing nearer; approaching
2. being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.)
3. becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 3 (among the 3,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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接近 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 6,000 (about 146,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 3713 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 4112
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 9 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
たいふう
台風
きゅうしゅう
九州
せっきん
接近
している
はっぴょう
発表
された

It was announced that a typhoon was approaching Kyushu.
しんぶん
新聞
よる
たいふう
台風
せっきんちゅう
接近中
であった
The newspaper said that a typhoon was approaching.
はる
せっきん
接近
あたた
かい
てんこう
天候
もたらす
The approach of spring brings warm weather.
せっきん
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 225,000 (about 103,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 9 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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セツ   つ to join, contact, touch   
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hand
standing woman
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
キン   ちか close   
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キン   axe
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カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだ to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
cliff
move
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