Next door - Next to

Japanese: 隣 - となり

〘Noun〙① Among things that are lined up next to each other, something that is very close to the thing itself. ※Hokke Gisho Choho 4th Year Point (1002) 1 "A wise man who is wise next to him and follows the saint is called wise . " ② Especially the houses on either side of a line that are lined up next to each other. Neighboring houses. ※Man'yoshu (late 8th century) 14.3472 "I would never talk to a married woman about the side of the road, so why should I borrow a silk robe from the neighboring house and wear it?" ※Haiku/Ogi Nikki (1695) 1 "What is the man next door doing in the deep autumn? (Basho)" ③ A place where the borders meet. Also, a place or area that is close to each other. ※ Chronicles (720), Bidatsu Year 3, July (Kitano Honin) "One is the deception in the courtyard. Two are the drowning of the neighboring messenger." ④ Refers to things that are connected in time or abstractly, before and after a certain point in time or event. ※ Genji (around 1001-14), Wakana no Shita "As the snow just fell a little, I could see the scent of the plum blossoms nearby, and smiled."

Tonaru [next door]

〘Jirakugo (4)〙① Line up next to each other. Continue lined up. ※Gukansho (1220) 6 "Taibaku, Jupiter, and Mars were already gradually coming together in the western area." ② Houses are lined up one after the other. Houses are adjacent to each other. ※Zappai Yanagi Taru-ichihachi (1783) "He became a doctor and this happened all the time." ③ Boundaries touch. The land becomes contiguous. ※Da Tang Xiyu Ji Chokan Gannen Ten (1163) 7 "The people were prosperous and the villages were next to each other . "

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 並び続いているもののうち、そのもののすぐ近くにあるもの。※法華義疏長保四年点（1002）一「隣(トナリ)賢にして聖に亜(つ)ぐを賢と曰ふ」② 特に、並び続いているすぐ両横の家。隣家。※万葉（８Ｃ後）一四・三四七二「人妻とあぜかそをいはむしからばか刀奈里(トナリ)のきぬを借りて着なはも」※俳諧・笈日記（1695）上「秋深き隣は何をする人ぞ〈芭蕉〉」③ 境が接している所。また、接近している場所・地域。※書紀（720）敏達三年七月（北野本訓）「朝庭を欺訛きまつれり一つなり。隣(トナリ)の使を溺殺せり二つなり」④ 時間的あるいは抽象的に連続しているもののうち、ある時点・事柄の前後に接しているものをいう。※源氏（1001‐14頃）若菜下「雪のただいささか散るに、春のとなり近く梅の気色見るかひありてほほゑみたり」

とな・る【隣】

〘自ラ五（四）〙① 互いに並ぶ。並び続く。※愚管抄（1220）六「太白・木星・火星となり、西の方によひよひすでに犯分に三合のよりあひたりけるに」② 家が並び続く。家が隣接する。※雑俳・柳多留‐一八（1783）「医者ととなってじゃうふだんおこされる」③ 境界が接する。土地続きになる。※大唐西域記長寛元年点（1163）七「居人豊楽(ゆたか)にして邑里相ひ隣(トナレ)り」

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