N2391/1725

知しり合あい

nounnoun (generic)

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しりあい

Meanings

acquaintance

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょは父ちちの古ふるい知しり合あいだそうです。

She is apparently an old acquaintance of my father's.

その会社かいしゃに知しり合あいがいるので、紹介しょうかいしてもらえるかもしれない。

Since I have an acquaintance at that company, they might be able to introduce me.

知しり合あいの紹介しょうかいで今いまの仕事しごとを見みつけました。

I found my current job through an acquaintance's introduction.

海外かいがいに住すんでいると、現地げんちの知しり合あいを増ふやすことが大切たいせつだ。

When living abroad, it is important to expand your network of local acquaintances.

彼かれとは単たんなる知しり合あいに過すぎず、親したしい友人ゆうじんというわけではない。

He is merely an acquaintance to me; it is not as though we are close friends.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)