Word
慣れる
Meaning in Englishget used to, become accustomed
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Sentence
Related sentences
N4
日本語を話すことに慣れてきました。
Nihongo o hanasu koto ni narete kimashita.
I am getting used to speaking Japanese.
N4
最初は難しく感じても、続けていれば少しずつ慣れてくるよ
Saisho wa muzukashiku kanjite mo, tsudzukete ireba sukoshi zutsu narete kuru yo
Even if it feels difficult at first, you will gradually get used to it if you continue
Word context
What it means
To become accustomed to something through experience, indicating a gradual adaptation to new conditions, environments, or routines.
Main meanings
- To become accustomed to something through repeated exposure, marking a shift from unfamiliar to familiar.
- To adapt to a new environment, task, or social context over time.
- In some contexts, can imply a sense of habituation or desensitization to ongoing circumstances.
How to use it
Used intransitively with the particle に to indicate what is being become accustomed to; appropriate in both formal and casual speech; conjugates to 慣れて, 慣れた, 慣れない; common patterns include 日本の天候に慣れる, 新しい職場に慣れる.
Variants and close terms
- 馴染む (なじむ, najimu) — become familiar or fit in
- 慣らす (ならす, narasu) — to accustom someone to something (causative)
- 不慣れ (ふなれ, funare) — unfamiliar, not used to it
Composition
- 慣: meaning habit, custom, to become accustomed; semantic core of the concept
- れる: okurigana that marks the verb form; together with 慣, it creates the intransitive ru-verb meaning to become accustomed
Word class
Verb (ichidan, ru-verb)
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