Meaning of 近視(きんし) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 近視 JLPT 1

Kana Reading きんし

Romaji kinshi

Examples of 近視, きんし in a sentence

彼はあんな小さい字が読めるのだから近視どころではない。

Since he can read such tiny print, he is far from being near-sighted.
私は近視なので、あの看板に何が書いてあるか分からない。

I am near-sighted, so I cannot make out what is written on that signboard.

視 JLPT 1

11 strokes

inspection, regard as, see, look at

On'Yomi: シ

Kun'Yomi: み.る

近 JLPT 4

7 strokes

near, early, akin, tantamount

On'Yomi: キン, コン

Kun'Yomi: ちか.い

視

12 strokes

On'Yomi: シ

Kun'Yomi:

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