馴(な)れ馴(な)れしい

なれなれしい

i-adjective

overly familiar, too friendly

Conjugation

	Affirmative	Negative
Present	馴(な)れ馴(な)れしい	馴(な)れ馴(な)れしくない
Past	馴(な)れ馴(な)れしかった	馴(な)れ馴(な)れしくなかった
て form	馴(な)れ馴(な)れしくて	馴(な)れ馴(な)れしくなくて
Adverbial	馴(な)れ馴(な)れしく	—
Conditional ば	馴(な)れ馴(な)れしければ	馴(な)れ馴(な)れしくなければ
Conditional たら	馴(な)れ馴(な)れしかったら	馴(な)れ馴(な)れしくなかったら

1. overly familiar, inappropriately casual

Being too friendly or casual with someone you don't know well enough; lacking appropriate social distance.

初対面(しょたいめん)なのに馴(な)れ馴(な)れしい態度(たいど)を取(と)る人(ひと)は苦手(にがて)だ。

I don't like people who act overly familiar even though we've just met.

馴(な)れ馴(な)れしく話(はな)しかけないでください。

Please don't talk to me in such a familiar way.

彼(かれ)の馴(な)れ馴(な)れしさに困(こま)っている。

I'm troubled by how overly familiar he is.

客(きゃく)に対(たい)して馴(な)れ馴(な)れしい口調(くちょう)は失礼(しつれい)だ。

Using an overly casual tone with customers is rude.

馴(な)れ馴(な)れしい is an i-adjective formed by doubling 馴(な)れる (to become familiar) with the suffix ～しい.

Forms

Adverbial: 馴(な)れ馴(な)れしく
Noun form: 馴(な)れ馴(な)れしさ

Usage

Always carries a negative connotation. It criticizes someone for not maintaining appropriate social boundaries. In Japanese culture, which values proper social distance based on relationship levels, this trait is considered impolite.

Common collocations

馴(な)れ馴(な)れしい態度(たいど) - overly familiar attitude
馴(な)れ馴(な)れしい口調(くちょう) - overly casual tone
馴(な)れ馴(な)れしく接(せっ)する - to treat someone too familiarly

Writing

Often written in hiragana as なれなれしい. The kanji 馴(な)れ is the same as in 馴染(なじ)む (to become accustomed).

Related Words

Related: 慣(な)れる (to get used to)

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Added 2026.1.18 16:37 · Revised 2026.9.4 21:29

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