幼なじみ

Japanese

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

Alternative spellings
幼馴染み幼馴染

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おさななじみ [òsánánáꜜjìmì] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [o̞sa̠na̠na̠ʑimʲi]

Noun

幼(おさな)なじみ • (osananajimi) ^{←をさななじみ (wosananazimi)^?}

childhood friend
Synonym: 竹馬の友
such a friendship

See also

馴染(なじ)み (najimi), 馴染(なじ)む (najimu)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN