顔見知り|かおみしりkaomishiri[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounacquaintance
   たまたま彼女かのじょとは顔かお見知みしりだった。↗

   It happened that I knew her by sight.

• Synonym顔なじみかおなじみNeutralSomeone you see regularly and know well, as in 「店の顔なじみ」; implies a closer, more familiar relationship than 「顔見知り」.
• Synonym面識めんしきWrittenWritten/formal term for mutual acquaintance, focusing on whether people have met; most often seen in the negative, as in 「面識がない」.
• Synonym知人ちじんWrittenWritten-style word for a person one knows; broader than 「顔見知り」, since any acquaintance qualifies, not just someone whose face you know.
• Synonym知己ちきWrittenWritten word for a close friend who truly understands you; it can also mean an acquaintance, but the emphasis is on the close-friend sense.
• Synonym知り合いしりあいNeutralThe most common everyday word for someone you know; broader than 「顔見知り」, as it covers any acquaintance, not just people you have met.
• Synonym近づきちかづきNeutralAn acquaintance or the act of getting to know someone; usually appears with the honorific prefix as 「お近づき」 and is rarely used alone.
• Relatedお近づきおちかづきNeutralBecoming acquainted with someone; focuses on the initial getting-to-know stage, often in the set phrase 「お近づきのしるしに」.
• Related見知りみしりCasualColloquial: knowing someone by sight, or the impression of having seen them; rarely used alone. 「人見知り」 means shyness with strangers — a different matter.
• Antonym初対面しょたいめんNeutralAntonym: meeting someone for the first time, whereas 「顔見知り」 implies you have already met before.
• Antonym赤の他人あかのたにんNeutralAntonym: a complete stranger with no connection to you — the opposite of 「顔見知り」, someone whose face you know.

Use 「顔見知り」 for someone you have met and recognize but are not close to, as in 「顔見知りの犯行」. For someone you deal with regularly, say 「顔なじみ」; for a general acquaintance, 「知り合い」. The opposite is 「赤の他人」.

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1. 互たがいに面識めんしきがあること。