Illustration: In the kitchen of a small Japanese apartment, two longtime friends prepare dinner together with easy familiarity. One reaches over to remove a grain of rice stuck to the other's cheek, smiling mischievously as the other laughs without embarrassment.

JLPT N3i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

親したしい

shitashii

close, friendly

Example sentences

  1. ジョンは私わたしの親したしい友人ゆうじんです。

    John is a good friend of mine.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 犬いぬは人間にんげんの最もっとも親したしい友達ともだちである。

    Dogs are man’s closest friends.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは親したしい友人ゆうじんだ。

    He is my close friend.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 親

  • 親parent; intimacyOnシンKunおや・おや-・したしい

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