知り合い
しりあい
hepburn shiriai
acquaintance
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 彼とは仕事を通じて知り合いになりました。I became acquainted with him through work.
- パーティーで多くの知り合いに会いました。I met many acquaintances at the party.
Collocations
知り合いになる古い知り合い知り合いが多い知り合いの店知り合いに会う
Mnemonic
知り合い shiriai — 知る (to know) joined with 合う (to do mutually): a person you have come to know mutually — an acquaintance. A looser tie than 友達 (friend). 知り合いになる (to become acquainted). It is the noun form of the verb 知り合う (to get to know each other). Looser than 仲間 (comrade, partial-4).
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