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年上の人にあまり馴れ馴れしくしてはいけない。

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年上 あまり 馴れ馴れしく して はいけない

English Translation

You must not take liberties with older people.

Furigana

年上(としうえ)(ひと)にあまり(なな)()れしくしてはいけない。

Romanji

Toshiue no hito ni amari narenareshiku shite waikenai.

Words

年上 (としうえ)
older; senior
()
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
(ひと、ヒト)
man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
余り (あまり、あんまり)
remainder; rest; balance; remains; scraps; residue; remnant; not very (with negative sentence); not much; surplus; excess; fullness; too much; more than; over
馴れ馴れしい (なれなれしい)
over-familiar
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
()
if ... then; when; and; why don't you...?; the more (one does something); because; since

Kanji

Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す
Meanings: above, up
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ジュン、 シュン、 クン、 な.れる、 な.らす、 したが.う
Meanings: get used to, experienced, tamed