Word Meaning お馴染み

おなじみ onajimi

お馴染み is read as おなじみ (onajimi) and means old acquaintance.

Meaning

English

  1. old acquaintance
  2. old friend
  3. (a) regular
  4. regular customer
  5. familiar
  6. well-known
  7. regular (e.g. customer)
  8. favourite

Reading

Kana

おなじみ

Romaji

onajimi

Writing Variants

  • 御馴染み おなじみ onajimi
  • 同じみ おなじみ onajimi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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古馴染み

ふるなじみ

old friend

馴染む

なじむ

to become familiar with

馴染

なじみ

familiarity

馴染ませる

なじませる

to blend (something) in

知らぬ仏より馴染みの鬼

しらぬほとけよりなじみのおに

better the devil you know than the devil you don't know

昔馴染

むかしなじみ

old friend

知らぬ神より馴染みの鬼

しらぬかみよりなじみのおに

better the devil you know than the devil you don't know

染み

しみ

spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot)

感染

かんせん

being infected (e.g. with harmful ideas)

汚染

おせん

pollution

染色

せんしょく

dyed colour (color)

染める

そめる

to dye

Example Sentences

2

The author's name is familiar to us.

English-language speakers are familiar with the phrase “once in a blue moon,” referring to something that happens rarely.