
VOCABULARY
気が置けない
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easy to get along with / no need for reserve
feel at ease, unreserved, comfortable (with someone), able to relax with someone
idiom
Example sentences
彼は気が置けない友人だ。
He's a friend I feel at ease with.
気が置けない仲間と旅行に行きたい。
I want to travel with friends I can relax with.
彼女とは気が置けない関係だ。
She and I have a comfortable relationship.
気が置けない店だから毎週通っている。
It's a place where I feel at ease, so I go every week.
Practice exercises
1
彼は気が置けない友人だ。
He is a friend with whom I can be at ease.
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気が置けない
2
彼は長年の友人なので、一緒にいると本当に気が置けない。
He's a friend of many years, so when I'm with him, I truly feel at ease.
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3
新しい職場で、思いがけず気が置けない同僚に出会えた。
At my new workplace, I unexpectedly met a colleague with whom I could be unreserved.
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気が置けない
4
人前では常に気を張ってばかりいると疲れる。自分をさらけ出せる、気が置けない友人が必要だ。
If you're always on guard in front of people, you get tired. You need friends with whom you can truly expose yourself and feel at ease.
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5
彼女とは気が置けないので、何でも話せる。
She's so easy to get along with, I can talk to her about anything.
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気が置けない