昔馴染み

Japanese

Kanji in this term
昔	馴	染
むかし Grade: 3	な Jinmeiyō	し > じ Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
昔馴染 昔なじみ

Etymology

From 昔(むかし) (mukashi, “long ago”) + 馴染(なじ)み (najimi, “acquaintance”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) むかしな​じみ [mùkáshínáꜜjìmì] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝka̠ɕina̠ʑimʲi]

Noun

昔(むかし)馴(な)染(じ)み • (mukashinajimi) 

1. old acquaintance

Synonyms

• 旧知(きゅうち) (kyūchi)
• 旧知己(きゅうちき) (kyūchiki)