► 名詞
隣 [となり] meaning: next rank: 1
☆ 隣の犬がうるさい ⇨ The dog next door is loud and annoying
☆ うちの隣にコンビニが有る ⇨ There’s a convenience store next to my house (☛ Physically right next in location)
☆ 彼女は彼の隣に座っている ⇨ She’s sitting next to him (☛ Physically right next in location)
More examples:
- 隣の客はよく柿食う客だ ⇨ The guest next door eats a lot of persimmons
- 飛行機で有名な俳優と隣り合わせなった ⇨ I happened to sit next to a famous actor on the plane
- 彼女は連続殺人犯が隣に住んでいたと知って慄然とした ⇨ She learned a serial killer had been living next door and was filled with horror
- 隣の国に難民が大挙して繰り込んだ ⇨ Refugees came in droves to the neighboring country
- 「隣の客はよく柿食う客だ」は代表的な早口言葉だ ⇨ “隣の客はよく柿食う客だ” is a common tongue twister
- 壁越しに隣の話し声が聞こえる ⇨ I can hear people talking through the wall
- 近隣諸国 ⇨ Neighboring countries
- 隣に新しい家族が引っ越して来た ⇨ A new family moved in the next door
- 隣の家で皆酒を飲んで馬鹿騒ぎしている ⇨ Everybody is drinking and raising a ruckus next door
- 隣の人が朝っぱらから大騒ぎしている ⇨ My neighbor is making a raucous from early morning
- 隣の部屋から絶叫が聞こえた ⇨ I heard a scream from the next door
- 隣の犬が吠えてうるさい ⇨ It is annoying that the neighbor’s dog is barking
- 彼の粋な計らいで僕は彼女の隣に座ることになった ⇨ He tactfully arranged so that I sat next to her
- 隣の人と最低二メートル離れて下さい ⇨ Please keep a minimum distance of 2 m with the next person
- 都会では隣人との付き合いがないことが多い ⇨ In big cities often people don’t socialize with neighbors