Vocabulary

What does 馴々しい (なれなれしい, narenareshii) mean?

馴々しい (なれなれしい, narenareshii) means overly familiar, overfamiliar.

Quick facts
Readingなれなれしい
Romajinarenareshii
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
なれなれしい
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworknarenareshii

overly familiar, overfamiliar

Example sentences

  • He always talks to me in an overly familiar way.

  • I was surprised to be treated so familiarly even though it was our first meeting.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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