Meaning
馴れ馴れしい (なれなれしい, narenareshii) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “over-familiar”.
Example sentences 5
彼はずいぶんなれなれしい口のききかたをする
He talks in an over-familiar way.
彼は私の妻になれなれしすぎだ。
He is getting far too familiar with my wife.
年上の人にあまり馴れ馴れしくしてはいけない。
You must not take liberties with older people.
一方で彼は誰にでも親切なのだが、他方でなれなれしすぎることは決してない。
On the one hand he is kind to everyone, but on the other hand he never behaves with too much familiarity.
意味としてはお転婆、生意気、媚を売る、馴れ馴れしいなど軽はずみな言動をする女性や浮気性や根無し草のように住処を転々とする女性をさす。
The term was a reference to women who conducted lightheaded behavior such as being spirited, impudent, coquettish or too friendly in their words and deeds, who had flirtatious tendencies or who floated from place to place like rootless wanderers.