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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

慣れる

Pronunciation / Transliteration: nareru

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Accustom/əˈkʌs.təm/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼女は新しい環境に慣れる必要があります。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To make someone or something familiar with something through repeated exposure.

    "She had to accustom herself to the new environment after moving to a different country."
  2. 2

    To adapt or adjust to a new situation or condition.

    "It took him a while to accustom to the early morning schedule."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'acustomen', from Old French 'acoustumer', combining the prefix 'a-' (from Latin 'ad-', meaning 'to') and 'coustume' (custom, habit). Over time, the spelling evolved to align closer with 'custom', shifting from meaning 'to make customary' to 'to make familiar by use'.

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