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表層形
親しん
シタシン
動詞

親しん (シタシン)

Shitashin · したしん — to be intimate with, to befriend

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親しん in rōmaji: shitashin.

動詞 一般 * *
📝 親しむ 🔤 五段-マ行 📐 連用形-撥音便
Updated: 2026年10月1日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
親しん
見出し語 (Lemma)
親しむ
読み (Reading)
シタシン
品詞 (POS)
動詞・一般・*・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
五段-マ行
活用形 (Conj. Form)
連用形-撥音便
表記 (Orthography)
親しん
読み・基本形
シタシム
表記・基本形
親しむ
見出し語の読み
シタシム
How it's used

Used in formal or literary contexts to describe becoming close or familiar with someone or something, often in written Japanese.

彼女と親しんで、たくさん話した。
Kanojo to shitashinde, takusan hanashita.
I became intimate with her and talked a lot.

自然に親しむことは大切だ。
Shizen ni shitashimu koto wa taisetsu da.
It is important to become familiar with nature.

⚖️ Commonly confused with 親しむ (shitashimu), which is the verb form; 親しん is the adverbial or stem form used in compounds or formal speech.

💡 English Meaning

親しん means “to be intimate with, to befriend” — full definition & examples →

⭐ Dictionary Form

親しむ (シタシム) — main entry →

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シタシン
Lemma: 親しむ
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⚡ 五段 (Godan/U-verb) Conjugations
ます形 (Polite)
親しみます
て形 (Te-form)
親しんで
過去形 (Past)
親しんだ
否定形 (Negative)
親しまない
意向形 (Volitional)
親しみましょう
可能形 (Potential)
親しめる
受身形 (Passive)
親しまれる
使役形 (Causative)
親しませる
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The surface form (親しん) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (親しむ) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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