Japanese

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Alternative spellings
馴れ初め
なれ初め (less common)
馴れそめ (uncommon)
馴初め (dated)
馴初 (dated)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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なれそめ (naresomeなれそめ (naresome)?

  1. start of a romance; beginning of love

Verb

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なれそめ (naresome

  1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of なれそめる (naresomeru) [ichidan]

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN