familiarity

精通、馴染み

以前に会ったり経験したりして、人や物事をよく知っていること。

やさしい英語で： Knowing someone or something well because you have met or experienced them before.

• Her familiarity with the town helped us.
• This job requires familiarity with basic computer software.
• He gained familiarity with the language through daily practice.

使い方： familiarity with someone/something (His familiarity with the area made the search easier.)

類義語： knowledge, acquaintance

反対語： unfamiliarity

よく使う表現： familiarity with something, lack of familiarity, greater familiarity

親しさ、馴れ馴れしさ

人との気楽で親しい振る舞い。場に合わず馴れ馴れしいこともある。

やさしい英語で： Friendly, relaxed behaviour between people, sometimes too friendly for the situation.

• His familiarity made her uncomfortable.
• They spoke with the easy familiarity of old friends.
• Too much familiarity can seem rude at a formal meeting.

類義語： intimacy, closeness, informality

反対語： formality, reserve

よく使う表現： too much familiarity, easy familiarity, excessive familiarity

馴れ馴れしい行為

特に相手が望んでいないのに、とても親しい間柄のように接する行為。

やさしい英語で： An act that treats someone as very close, especially when this is unwelcome.

• She disliked that unwelcome familiarity.
• He would tolerate no familiarities from strangers.
• A sudden familiarity, such as a kiss, may offend a guest.

類義語： liberty

よく使う表現： unwelcome familiarity, such familiarity, improper familiarity