知合い

しりあい

Acquaintance

N3noun·shiriai

How to remember it

知る (know) + 合う (mutually) — people who came to know each other.

Example sentences

  • 彼とは昔からの知り合いです。

    かれとはむかしからのしりあいです。

    He and I are old acquaintances.

  • 近所の人はみんな知り合いです。

    きんじょのひとはみんなしりあいです。

    Everyone in the neighborhood is an acquaintance.

Usage

Usually written 知り合い; mutual, warmer than the formal 知人.

Related words

知る知人友達仲間

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