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親しい (したしい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 親しい · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 親した しい 親した しくない Polite 親した しいです 親した しくないです also 親した しくありません Past polite 親した しかったです 親した しくなかったです also 親した しくありませんでした Past 親した しかった 親した しくなかった Te-form 親した しくて 親した しくなくて Adverbial 親した しく Conditional 親した しければ 親した しくなければ Tara conditional 親した しかったら 親した しくなかったら
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がく
生せい
時じ
代だい
から
親した
しい
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I have been close to him since our student days.
I invited only close friends to dinner.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 と 親した しい to be close with someone
He is close with the company president.
親した しい 親しん 戚せき a close relative
That person is a close relative of mine.
親した しい 友ゆう 人じん a close friend
She is a close friend of mine.
〈 人ひと 〉 と 親した しくなる to become close with someone
I became close with a lot of people while studying abroad.
親した しい 間あいだ 柄がら a close relationship (between people)
The two of them have a close relationship.
Expressions 親した しき 中なか に 垣かき をせよ good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green 親した しき 仲なか にも 礼れい 儀ぎ あり good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green Kanji 親 parent, intimacy, relative Related words· 8 近い is a broad word for physical, temporal, or relational closeness, while 親しい specifically describes a friendly, familiar personal bond.
なじみ深い is used for things or places that feel long-familiar, while 親しい can describe both people and things one feels close to.
仲がいい is a conversational phrase meaning people get along well, whereas 親しい is a single adjective that can sound slightly more formal or descriptive.
親密 is a more formal, often written word for deep intimacy or closeness, while 親しい is the everyday adjective used in speech.
Show 4 more 親しい is the everyday i-adjective for 'close/familiar' with people, while 親近 is a more formal, often written noun used with する to describe the act of bonding.
親しい is the everyday adjective for being close to someone, whereas 懇意 is a more formal noun/na-adjective used in polite or written contexts.
親しい describes a close personal relationship, whereas 身近 can refer to things or people that are simply near or familiar without implying intimacy.
Opposites 疎遠 describes a relationship that has become distant or estranged, the opposite of the closeness expressed by 親しい.
よそよそしい describes someone acting cold or aloof toward another person, contrasting with the warm familiarity of 親しい.
Don't confuse with 優しい (kind, gentle) and 親しい (close, friendly) look similar in kanji but describe different qualities—kindness versus closeness.
親しい is an adjective describing an already-close relationship, while 親しむ is the verb for the process of becoming close or familiar.
親しい describes a genuine, mutually close relationship in a positive sense, while 馴れ馴れしい describes one-sided, unwelcome overfamiliarity.
Word family familiarity; intimacy; affection
become close to; befriend; get familiar with
closely; intimately · personally; in person · directly; first-hand
Written forms 親した しい Usage 99%
Standard kanji spelling for this i-adjective; used for close personal relationships and for things that feel familiar.
したしい Usage 1%
Etymology Native Japanese adjective written with 親, a kanji associated with parents, kinship, and closeness. The exact historical derivation is not specified.
親しん 愛あい
N1
親しい is an i-adjective meaning 'close, intimate' describing a relationship, while 親愛 is a noun/na-adjective expressing the feeling of deep affection itself.
N1
親しい means close and open with someone, the opposite of the emotional distance implied by 水臭い.
親した しげ
friendly; close; intimate
intimacy; familiarity; closeness
friendly; approachable; easy to get along with
