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    3. 幼なじみ

    幼なじみ

    幼おさなな​じ​み​

    childhood friend

    KMT9News #27+1CoreNounFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab14 strokes

    幼馴染み幼馴染幼ななじみ

    おさななじみおさなじみ

    Noun

    1.
    childhood friend, friend from infancy, old playmate

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    彼かの女じょは私わたしの幼おさななじみです。

    She is my childhood friend.

    KMT3Family & RelationshipsDaily Life
    幼おさななじみとは今いまでも連れん絡らくを取とり合あっている。

    I'm still in touch with my childhood friend.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsDaily Life
    幼おさななじみだからこそ、言いえないこともある。

    Precisely because we're childhood friends, there are some things I can't say.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    幼おさななじみは家か族ぞくのような存そん在ざいだ。

    A childhood friend is like family.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    夏なつ休やすみはいつも幼おさななじみと川かわで遊あそんだ。

    During summer vacation, I always played in the river with my childhood friend.

    KMT9Daily LifeFamily & RelationshipsNature & Environment

    Characters that make up this word

    幼
    おさな.い…(3)
    infancy・childhood
    Kanji
    な
    na
    Kana
    じ
    ji
    Kana
    み
    mi
    Kana
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