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隣

となり

next to, adjacent

Mnemonic

A mound, and somebody else's garden behind it. Whatever they are cooking comes over the bank every evening: tuna となり rice again: となり.

Worth knowing

The one immediately beside you. 近く ちかく is loosely nearby.

Built from

neighbouring
阝 on the left is a mound, the bank between one plot and the next. Whoever lives on the other side of it.

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