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人懐っこい (hitonatsukkoi) Japanese meaning: friendly | Kotomora
JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 人懐っこい · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 人ひと 懐なつ っこい 人ひと 懐なつ っこくない Polite 人ひと 懐なつ っこいです 人ひと 懐なつ っこくないです also 人ひと 懐なつ っこくありません Past polite 人ひと 懐なつ っこかったです 人ひと 懐なつ っこくなかったです also 人ひと 懐なつ っこくありませんでした Past 人ひと 懐なつ っこかった 人ひと 懐なつ っこくなかった Te-form 人ひと 懐なつ っこくて 人ひと 懐なつ っこくなくて Adverbial 人ひと 懐なつ っこく Conditional 人ひと 懐なつ っこければ 人ひと 懐なつ っこくなければ Tara conditional 人ひと 懐なつ っこかったら 人ひと 懐なつ っこくなかったら
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懐なつ
っこい
性せい
格かく
で
、
誰だれ
と
で
も
すぐ
仲なか
良よ
く
なる
。
She has a friendly personality and quickly becomes friends with anyone.
This cat is very sociable and will approach even strangers right away.
Usage patterns 人ひと 懐なつ っこい 笑え 顔がお a friendly, warm smile
He greeted us with a friendly, warm smile.
人ひと 懐なつ っこい 性せい 格かく a friendly, outgoing personality
That child has such a friendly personality that she quickly makes new friends.
人ひと 懐なつ っこい 犬いぬ a friendly, affectionate dog (toward people)
A friendly dog came up to me in the park.
〈 人ひと〉 〉 に 人懐ひとなつ っこく 接せっ する to approach/treat someone in a warm, friendly way
She treats everyone in a warm, friendly way.
Related words 社交的 describes someone who is outgoing and enjoys socializing in groups, while 人懐っこい describes a warm, affectionate friendliness toward individuals, often used for children or animals.
愛想がいい describes pleasant, polite behavior in social interactions, while 人懐っこい implies a more genuine, instinctive warmth toward people.
気さく describes an easygoing, approachable personality that puts others at ease, while 人懐っこい specifically highlights a natural affection for and closeness to people.
Opposites よそよそしい describes cold, distant behavior toward others, the opposite of the warm openness of 人懐っこい.
人見知り refers to being shy or wary around strangers, the opposite tendency to the open friendliness described by 人懐っこい.
Written forms 人ひと 懐なつ っこい
Standard kanji spelling with the common reading ひとなつっこい.
人ひと なつっこい
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; common in everyday writing.
人ひと 懐なつ こい
Less common variant without the geminate consonant; reading ひとなつこい.
人ひと なつこい
Mixed kana-kanji variant without the geminate consonant; reading ひとなつこい.
ひとなつこい
Etymology Compound of 人 (ひと, 'person') + 懐っこい (なつっこい), an emphatic or colloquial variant of 懐かしい (なつかしい, 'nostalgic, dear'). The root なつく means 'to become attached to', so the word literally suggests 'easily attached to people'.
