Word Meaning 馴染み

なじみ najimi

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

Meaning

English

familiarity
intimacy
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

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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

馴れ馴れしい

なれなれしい

overly familiar

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

彼は幼馴染みだ。

He is a childhood friend.

ここじゃ馴染みのない客だね。

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

その言葉には馴染みがないな。

The word is unfamiliar to me.

あいつと俺は幼馴染みなんだ。

He and I have been friends since childhood.

うん、僕たち、幼馴染みなんだ。

Yes, we have been friends since our childhood.

この辺りにはまるで馴染みがない。

I'm quite a stranger around here.

その作家の名は僕らにはお馴染みだ。

The author's name is familiar to us.

その作家の名は私たちに馴染みがある。

The author's name is familiar to us.

あの人はこの店の長年の馴染み客です。

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

トムとメアリーって、幼馴染みだったんでしょ？

Tom and Mary were childhood friends, right?