Word Meaning 近親

きんしん kinshin

近親 is read as きんしん (kinshin) and means near relative.

Meaning

English

  1. near relative

Reading

Kana

きんしん

Romaji

kinshin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Antonyms 遠戚 Rank 15785 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

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近親結婚

きんしんけっこん

consanguineous marriage

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

最近親

さいきんしん

nearest kin

親近

しんきん

close relation

親近感

しんきんかん

affinity

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

近づく

ちかづく

to approach

近代

きんだい

early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

近世

きんせい

early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)

近い

ちかい

closely related

近道

ちかみち

shorter way

Example Sentences

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Does anyone in your close family have high blood pressure?

Does anyone in your close family have diabetes?

Incest is a taboo found in almost all cultures.