JLPT N1 · い-adjective

馴々しい (narenareshii)

馴々しい (なれなれしい, narenareshii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “overly familiar; overfamiliar”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: なれなれしい
Romaji: narenareshii
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

overly familiar; overfamiliar; too friendly; too free; cheeky · い-adjective

Example sentences

彼は私の妻になれなれしすぎだ。

He is getting far too familiar with my wife.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 馴々しい

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	馴々しい	なれなれしい narenareshii
Negative	馴々しくない	なれなれしくない narenareshikunai
Past	馴々しかった	なれなれしかった narenareshikatta
Negative past	馴々しくなかった	なれなれしくなかった narenareshikunakatta
Te-form	馴々しくて	なれなれしくて narenareshikute
Adverb (~ku)	馴々しく	なれなれしく narenareshiku
Conditional (~ba)	馴々しければ	なれなれしければ narenareshikereba

Kanji in 馴々しい

馴

get used to, experienced, tamedジュン・シュン・な.れる・な.らす · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 馴々しい.

馴れるなれるto get used to馴らすならすto accustom

Source: JMdict entry 1459780 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.