Illustration: At the entrance to a neighborhood pottery exhibition, two adults recognize each other and exchange small, pleasantly surprised bows. One has opened a pocket photo album to a photograph showing the same pair standing together at an earlier community kiln opening, each holding an unfinished bowl.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

面めん識しき

menshiki

personal acquaintance

Means having met someone before. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは彼かれに面識めんしきがない。

    I am not acquainted with him.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしはスミス氏しと面識めんしきがある。

    I am acquainted with Mr Smith.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. しかし、事件前じけんまえから面識めんしきがあったかどうかは不明ふめい。

    However, it is not clear whether they had known each other before the incident.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 面識

  • 面mask; faceOnメン・ベンKunおも・おもて・つら
  • 識discriminating; knowOnシキKunしる・しるす

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