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馬が合う

うまがあう

to get along well

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Examples

  1. 彼とは馬が合う。

    かれとはうまがあう。

    He and I get along well.

  2. 不思議と馬が合う。

    ふしぎとうまがあう。

    Strangely enough, we hit it off.

  3. 同期の中でも彼女とは特に馬が合った。

    どうきのなかでもかのじょとはとくにうまがあった。

    Of everyone who joined with me, I clicked with her most of all.

  4. 上司とは馬が合わず、毎日が息苦しかった。

    じょうしとはうまがあわず、まいにちがいきぐるしかった。

    I never clicked with my boss, and every day felt suffocating.

Common patterns

妙に馬が合う
to get along oddly well
馬が合わない
to not get along
どうも馬が合わない
to somehow never click

Memory tip

From a rider and a horse suiting each other. It is about instinctive personal chemistry between two people, whereas 息が合う is about coordinating an activity rather than liking each other.

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