Kanji
隣
N1
16 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1083
neighboring
On'yomi (音読み)
リン
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
とな.る、 となり
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
近隣
きんりん
neighbourhood; neighborhood
隣国
りんごく
neighbouring country; neighboring country
隣接
りんせつ
adjacency; contiguity
隣人
りんじん
neighbour; neighbor
隣家
りんか
neighbouring house; neighboring house
善隣
ぜんりん
good neighbour; good neighbor
隣室
りんしつ
next or adjoining room
隣席
りんせき
next seat; adjacent seat
隣村
りんそん
neighboring village; neighbouring village
両隣
りょうどなり
both sides (on the left and right); both neighbours
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
隣
となり
next (to); adjoining
隣近所
となりきんじょ
neighbors; neighbours
隣組
となりぐみ
tonarigumi; small-scale neighborhood associations established during WWII for fire fighting, policing, etc.
隣り合う
となりあう
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
隣り合わせ
となりあわせ
adjoining each other; next to each other
Example sentences
彼（かれ）は私（わたし）達（たち）の隣（となり）に住（す）んでいる人（ひと）です。
He is our next door neighbor.
彼（かれ）は私（わたし）達（たち）の隣（となり）に住（す）んでいる。
He lives next door to us.
まだまだマイナーだが、遠（とお）からず近隣（きんりん）に出荷（しゅっか）されるだろう。
It's still minor league but in the not so distant future they'll be coming to a place near you.
その首相（しゅしょう）は隣国（りんごく）の圧力（あつりょく）に決（き）して屈（かが）しなかったので一層（いっそう）人気（にんき）を増（ま）した。
The Prime Minister became all the more popular because he never gave way to pressure from the neighboring country.