慣
慣·accustomed, habit
- On-yomi
- カン
- Kun-yomi
- なれるならす
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 慣れる | なれる | to get used to |
| 習慣 | しゅうかん | habit, custom |
| 慣用句 | かんようく | idiom, set phrase |
| 慣らす | ならす | to accustom, to break in |
Example sentences
新しい仕事にもう慣れましたか。
あたらしいしごとにもうなれましたか。
Have you gotten used to your new job yet?
早く寝るのを習慣にしたいです。
はやくねるのをしゅうかんにしたいです。
I want to make going to bed early a habit.
日本の生活に慣れるまで半年かかりました。
にほんのせいかつになれるまではんとしかかりました。
It took me half a year to get used to life in Japan.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Forgetting that 慣れる takes に, not を — 仕事に慣れる, never *仕事を慣れる
- Confusing 慣れる (to get used to) with 習う (to learn from a teacher)
Memory aid
Picture it
The heart (忄) with 貫 (running straight through) — do it through and through until it becomes second nature.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 習慣しゅうかんhabit, custom
- 慣れるなれるto get used to
- 見慣れるみなれるto get used to seeing
- 慣習かんしゅうcustom, convention
- 慣性かんせいinertia
- 慣行かんこうcustomary practice; established usage; traditional observance
- 慣らすならすto accustom (someone or something) to; to break in; to acclimatise
- 慣れなれgetting used to something; familiarity; practice
- 慣例かんれいcustom; established practice; precedent
- 慣用かんようcommon use; customary usage; idiomatic use
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