Japanese

しりあう
Meaning: to get to know; to make someone's acquaintance
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 知り合う 知り合わない
Polite 知り合います 知り合いません
Past 知り合った 知り合わなかった
Polite + Past 知り合いました 知り合いませんでした
Te-form 知り合って 知り合わなくて
Potential 知り合える 知り合えない
Passive 知り合われる 知り合われない
Causative 知り合わせる 知り合わせない
Causative + Passive 知り合わされる 知り合わされない
Imperative 知り合え 知り合うな

Handwriting

知
り
合
う

Example sentences

We got to know each other in a university club.
兄はお見合いで知り合った女性と結婚しました。
My brother married a woman he met through an arranged marriage meeting.
懇親会で新しい同僚と知り合った。
I got to know new colleagues at the social gathering.

Usage Notes

Refers to the process of two or more people becoming acquaintances.

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