Word Meaning 馴染み

なじみ najimi

馴染み is read as なじみ (najimi) and means familiarity.

Meaning

English

  1. familiarity
  2. intimacy
  3. acquaintance

Reading

Kana

なじみ

Romaji

najimi

Writing Variants

  • 馴染 なじみ najimi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

馴染む

なじむ

to become familiar with

馴染み深い

なじみぶかい

(very) familiar

馴染ませる

なじませる

to blend (something) in

お馴染み

おなじみ

old acquaintance

古馴染み

ふるなじみ

old friend

耳馴染み

みみなじみ

familiarity (of a sound, etc.)

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

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

Example Sentences

10

He is a childhood friend.

You're not a regular customer here, are you?

The word is unfamiliar to me.

He and I have been friends since childhood.

Yes, we have been friends since our childhood.

I'm quite a stranger around here.

The author's name is familiar to us.

The author's name is familiar to us.

He's been a patron of this store for many years.

Tom and Mary were childhood friends, right?