親しん炙しゃ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

being deeply influenced through close association

Formal literary term for absorbing a person's character, learning, or virtue by spending time in their presence, akin to being 'roasted' by their influence. Rare in modern everyday speech; found in classical or elevated writing.

• 彼かれは師しに親しん炙しゃし、その学がく問もんを深ふかめた。

  He was deeply influenced by his teacher through close association, and deepened his scholarship.

• 古こ典てんに親しん炙しゃすることで、古こ人じんの知ち恵えに触ふれることができる。

  By immersing oneself in the classics, one can come into contact with the wisdom of the ancients.