接する (Sessuru) is a Japanese suru verb meaning “to touch, to come in contact with, to border on, to adjoin”.
Meanings
- suru verb, intransitive verbto touch; to come in contact with; to border on; to adjoin; to be adjacent; to be close
- suru verb, intransitive verbto receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to serve; to take care of; to look after; to act towards
- suru verb, intransitive verbto receive (news); to get; to hear
- suru verb, intransitive verbto encounter; to come across
- suru verb, intransitive verbto be tangent to
- suru verb, transitive verbto make touch; to bring into contact with; to bring adjacent to; to bring close; to connect
Examples
農園は道路に接している。
The farm abuts on the road.
村の東に接して湖がある。
There is a lake on the east of the village.
その家は川に接している。
The house verges on the river.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).