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馴れ馴れしい (narenareshii) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Conjugation 馴れ馴れしい · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 馴な れ 馴な れしい 馴な れ 馴な れしくない Polite 馴な れ 馴な れしいです 馴な れ 馴な れしくないです also 馴な れ 馴な れしくありません Past polite 馴な れ 馴な れしかったです 馴な れ 馴な れしくなかったです also 馴な れ 馴な れしくありませんでした Past 馴な れ 馴な れしかった 馴な れ 馴な れしくなかった Te-form 馴な れ 馴な れしくて 馴な れ 馴な れしくなくて Adverbial 馴な れ 馴な れしく Conditional 馴な れ 馴な れしければ 馴な れ 馴な れしくなければ Tara conditional 馴な れ 馴な れしかったら 馴な れ 馴な れしくなかったら
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Even though it was our first meeting, he spoke to me in an overly familiar way.
Overly familiar behavior can sometimes make the other person uncomfortable instead.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 に 馴な れ 馴な れしく 話はな しかける to speak to someone in an overly familiar way
I was surprised when a stranger spoke to me so familiarly at our first meeting.
馴な れ 馴な れしい 態たい 度ど をとる to adopt an overly familiar attitude
He acts overly familiar even toward his boss.
馴な れ 馴な れしい 口く 調ちょう で 話はな す to speak in an overly familiar tone
Kanji 馴 get used to, experienced, tamed 狎 get used to, experienced, tamed Opposites よそよそしい describes someone acting coldly distant, the opposite of 馴れ馴れしい's overly close, familiar behavior.
礼儀正しい means polite and properly respectful of social distance, in contrast to 馴れ馴れしい's inappropriate overfamiliarity.
Don't confuse with 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.
Written forms 馴な れ 馴な れしい Usage 39%
Standard kanji spelling; the repetition of 馴れ emphasizes excessive familiarity.
なれなれしい Usage 53%
Kana spelling is common in informal writing and when the kanji is considered cumbersome.
馴なれ 々なれ しい Usage 6%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form using the repetition mark 々.
狎な れ 狎な れしい
Etymology Derived from the verb 馴れる (なれる, 'to become familiar') reduplicated and turned into an i-adjective. The repetition intensifies the meaning, suggesting an excessive degree of familiarity.
She speaks in an overly familiar tone even with people she just met.
Usage 2%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 狎 carries a nuance of overfamiliarity or disrespect.
