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Zach

幼なじみ

幼馴染み、 幼馴染

Reading

Kana: おさななじみ
Romaji: osananajimi
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Definition

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childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

Kanji

Readings: ヨウ、 おさな.い
Meanings: infancy, childhood
Readings: ジュン、 シュン、 クン、 な.れる、 な.らす、 したが.う
Meanings: get used to, experienced, tamed
Readings: セン、 そ.める、 -ぞ.め、 -ぞめ、 そ.まる、 し.みる、 -じ.みる、 し.み、 -し.める
Meanings: dye, color, paint, stain, print

Example Sentences

(かれ)とは(おさな)なじみです。
➥He is a childhood friend.
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(わたし)たちは(おさな)なじみです。
➥We're old friends.
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幼馴染(おさななじみ)ってこわ・・・。
➥'Childhood friends' are scary.
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(おさな)なじみが(はる)から大阪(おおさか)大学(だいがく)()くらしい。
➥Apparently an old friend of mine is going to a university in Osaka in Spring.
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