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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
かれけないゆうじんだ。
He's a friend I feel at ease with.
けないなかりょこうきたい。
I want to travel with friends I can relax with.
かのじょとはけないかんけいだ。
She and I have a comfortable relationship.
けないみせだからまいしゅうかよっている。
It's a place where I feel at ease, so I go every week.

Practice exercises

1
かれけない友人ゆうじんだ。
He is a friend with whom I can be at ease.
Answer
けない
2
かれ長年ながねん友人ゆうじんなので、一緒いっしょにいると本当ほんとうけない
He's a friend of many years, so when I'm with him, I truly feel at ease.
Answer
けない
3
あたらしい職場しょくばで、おもいがけずけない同僚どうりょう出会であえた。
At my new workplace, I unexpectedly met a colleague with whom I could be unreserved.
Answer
けない
4
人前ひとまえではつねってばかりいるとつかれる。自分じぶんをさらけせる、けない友人ゆうじん必要ひつようだ。
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.
Answer
けない
5
彼女かのじょとはけないので、なにでもはなせる。
She's so easy to get along with, I can talk to her about anything.
Answer
けない