慣れる

Meaning in English

get used to, become accustomed

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慣

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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

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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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Related words by kanji and components

N1 慣れ nare practice, experience N1 慣習 kanshuu usual (historical) custom N1 慣例 kanrei custom, precedent, of convention N2 見慣れる minareru to become used to seeing, to be familiar with N3 慣行 kankou customary practice, convention N3 慣らす narasu accustom, get used gradually N4 習慣 shuukan habit, custom, practice

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