Etymology 1
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⟨to1nari⟩ → */tʷonari/ → /tonari/
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *tonari.
Analyzable as a compound of Old Japanese 外 (to1, “outside, other”) + nari, possibly the nominalization of verb なる (naru, “to become”), or a contraction of に (ni, locative particle) + あり (ari, copular "to be" verb, predicative and nominal form).
Noun
隣 • (tonari)
- a neighbour / neighbor
- となりのトトロ ― Tonari no Totoro ― My Neighbor Totoro
- that which is neighbouring
- 隣の席
- tonari no seki
- seat next to mine
- (literally, “neighboring seat”)
- 隣に座る
- tonari ni suwaru
- to sit next to someone
- (literally, “to sit in the neighboring spot”)
- something continuously connected front and back over a certain time period
Usage notes
- Used with number words to express "n places away".
(Can we date this quote?), 三秋縋 (Miaki Sugaru), “三日間の幸福 (Mikkakan no Kōfuku)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- 「……危険な仕事なんだな」
そう言って、俺はミヤギの二つ隣に座った。- “……Kiken na shigoto nan da na”
sō itte, ore wa miyagi no futatsu tonari ni suwatta. - "…It's a dangerous job, huh."
Saying that, I sat two seats away from Miyagi.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 隣近所 (tonari kinjo)
- 隣組 (tonarigumi)
- 隣同士 (tonari dōshi)
- 秋の隣 (aki no tonari)
- 両隣 (ryōdonari)
Verb
隣する • (tonari suru) suru (stem 隣し (tonari shi), past 隣した (tonari shita))
- to neighbour/neighbor, be adjacent to
Conjugation
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") |
隣し |
となりし |
tonari shi |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") |
隣し |
となりし |
tonari shi |
Shūshikei ("terminal") |
隣する |
となりする |
tonari suru |
Rentaikei ("attributive") |
隣する |
となりする |
tonari suru |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") |
隣すれ |
となりすれ |
tonari sure |
Meireikei ("imperative") |
隣せよ¹ 隣しろ² |
となりせよ¹ となりしろ² |
tonari seyo¹ tonari shiro² |
Key constructions |
Passive |
隣される |
となりされる |
tonari sareru |
Causative |
隣させる 隣さす |
となりさせる となりさす |
tonari saseru tonari sasu |
Potential |
隣できる |
となりできる |
tonari dekiru |
Volitional |
隣しよう |
となりしよう |
tonari shiyō |
Negative |
隣しない |
となりしない |
tonari shinai |
Negative continuative |
隣せず |
となりせず |
tonari sezu |
Formal |
隣します |
となりします |
tonari shimasu |
Perfective |
隣した |
となりした |
tonari shita |
Conjunctive |
隣して |
となりして |
tonari shite |
Hypothetical conditional |
隣すれば |
となりすれば |
tonari sureba |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative |
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Stem forms |
Irrealis (未然形) |
隣せ | となりせ | tonarise |
Continuative (連用形) |
隣し | となりし | tonarisi |
Terminal (終止形) |
隣す | となりす | tonarisu |
Attributive (連体形) |
隣する | となりする | tonarisuru |
Realis (已然形) |
隣すれ | となりすれ | tonarisure |
Imperative (命令形) |
隣せよ | となりせよ | tonariseyo |
Key constructions |
Negative |
隣せず | となりせず | tonarisezu |
Contrasting conjunction |
隣すれど | となりすれど | tonarisuredo |
Causal conjunction |
隣すれば | となりすれば | tonarisureba |
Conditional conjunction |
隣せば | となりせば | tonariseba |
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) |
隣しき | となりしき | tonarisiki |
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) |
隣しけり | となりしけり | tonarisikeri |
Perfect tense (conscious action) |
隣しつ | となりしつ | tonarisitu |
Perfect tense (natural event) |
隣しぬ | となりしぬ | tonarisinu |
Perfect-continuative tense |
隣せり 隣したり | となりせり となりしたり | tonariseri tonarisitari |
Volitional |
隣せむ | となりせむ | tonarisemu |
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Etymology 2
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From Middle Chinese 鄰 (MC lin).