幼なじみ

幼なじみ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
幼
おさな Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 幼馴染み, 幼馴染

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おさなな​じみ [òsánánáꜜjìmì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
• IPA^(key): [o̞sa̠na̠na̠ʑimʲi]

Noun

幼なじみ (hiragana おさななじみ, rōmaji osananajimi, historical hiragana をさななじみ)

1. childhood friend
2. such a friendship

See also

• 馴 (な)染 (じ)み (najimi), 馴 (な)染 (じ)む (najimu)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN