Word Meaning 親近感

しんきんかん shinkinkan

親近感 is read as しんきんかん (shinkinkan) and means affinity.

Meaning

English

affinity
feeling of closeness (with someone)
feeling of kinship

Reading

Kana

しんきんかん

Romaji

shinkinkan

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 36 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 14618 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

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親密感

しんみつかん

feeling of affinity

親近

しんきん

close relation

近親調

きんしんちょう

related key

近親交配

きんしんこうはい

inbreeding

遠くの親類より近くの他人

とおくのしんるいよりちかくのたにん

a neighbour is better than a relative living far

近親

きんしん

near relative

近親結婚

きんしんけっこん

consanguineous marriage

親指

おやゆび

big toe

親類

しんるい

relative

親愛

しんあい

deep affection

親交

しんこう

intimacy

Example Sentences

いやいや、結構結構。下の名前で呼び合うのは親近感がわいてよろしいことだ。

Not at all, that's perfectly fine. Calling each other by one's given name is a good thing; it produces a feeling of fellowship.