隣 means “next door, neighbor”

となり · tonari

Also: neighboring

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): となる, となり
On'yomi (Chinese reading): リン

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 16 strokes

The story

A hillside (阝 on the left) with rice (米) and two feet (舛) walking over it: picture carrying rice to the house next door. 隣 is next to: 隣の席 is the next seat, and 隣の芝生は青い, the neighbor's lawn looks greener, is Japan's grass-is-greener.

Used in 隣 (tonari, next to/next door), 隣人 (rinjin, neighbor), and 近隣 (kinrin, neighborhood)

隣 means “next door, neighbor”

The story

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