I Love Kanji親しい (shitashii)
親しい (したしい, shitashii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “close (e.g. friend); familiar”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- したしい
- Romaji
- shitashii
- Word class
- い-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- close (e.g. friend); familiar; friendly; intimate · い-adjective
- familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one) · い-adjective
- close (relatives); closely related · い-adjective
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 親しい
い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 親しい | したしい shitashii |
| Negative | 親しくない | したしくない shitashikunai |
| Past | 親しかった | したしかった shitashikatta |
| Negative past | 親しくなかった | したしくなかった shitashikunakatta |
| Te-form | 親しくて | したしくて shitashikute |
| Adverb (~ku) | 親しく | したしく shitashiku |
| Conditional (~ba) | 親しければ | したしければ shitashikereba |
Kanji in 親しい
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 親しい.
両親りょうしんparents親おやparent親切しんせつkind親戚しんせきrelative親友しんゆうclose friend父親ちちおやfather母親ははおやmother親指おやゆびthumb親類しんるいrelative肉親にくしんblood relationship親父おやじone's father親善しんぜんfriendship親しむしたしむto be intimate with
Source: JMdict entry 1365050 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.