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Kotomora

馴

get used to, experienced, tamed

StatusJinmeiyōStrokes13

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

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  • 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

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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.