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近く is an exact match with one form of the following word:
近く
BOOST
Reading : ちかく   
noun, 'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity  (see also: 近い)
noun (suffix)
2. nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to
3. shortly; soon
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
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近く 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: 3,000 (about 274,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 171 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 1282
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
ちか
あそ
きけん
危険

It's dangerous to play around the fire.
この
ちか
ゴルフコースあります
Is there a golf course near here?
わたし
せき
ドア
ちか

My seat is near the door.
ちかく
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 88,000 (about 2,620,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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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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