馴
get used to, experienced, tamed
Readings
On'yomi
- ジュン
- シュン
- クン
Kun'yomi
- な.れる
- な.らす
- したが.う
Meaning
馴 centers on becoming familiar and compliant through repeated exposure: getting used to something, becoming experienced, or taming an animal so it follows willingly.
Most common words using 馴
20 of 24- 馴染みなじみ
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
- お馴染みおなじみ
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); favourite; favorite
- 馴染むなじむN2
to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to adapt oneself to; to become attached to; to become friendly with
- 馴れ合いなれあい
collusion; conspiracy
- 手馴れるてなれる
to get used to; to get familiar with; to get skillful (in doing); to become proficient
- 馴れ初めなれそめN1
start of a romance; beginning of love
- 馴れ馴れしいなれなれしいN2
overly familiar; overfamiliar; too friendly; too free; cheeky
- 馴れ合うなれあう
to collude (with); to conspire (with)
- 下馴ししたならし
training
- 口馴らしくちならし
accustoming oneself to a certain taste
- 古馴染みふるなじみ
old friend
- 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; better the ogre you know than the Buddha you don't
- 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; better the ogre you know than the god you don't
- 磯馴そなれ
Japanese garden juniper; dwarf Japanese garden juniper; Juniperus procumbens; J. chinensis var. procumbens
- 磯馴れ松そなれまつ
windswept pine trees
- 耳馴染みみみなじみ
familiarity (of a sound, etc.)
- 雅馴がじゅん
refined (prose, etc.)
- 馴らし手ならして
tamer
- 馴れたなれた
domesticated; tame
- 馴れ合い夫婦なれあいふうふ
common-law couple; couple in an illicit union
Study
Etymology
馴 combines 馬 (horse) with 川, which likely acts as a phonetic component here. The character originally referred to taming or training a horse, and later extended to the broader idea of becoming accustomed or experienced.
Meaning mnemonic
A horse 馬 beside a river 川: imagine a wild horse gradually getting used to the river's sounds and becoming tame and experienced near the water.
Reading mnemonic
For ジュン, picture a horse tamer named June who patiently trains the horse by the river: June -> ジュン, and the horse becomes tame.