親しい

Meaning

1. adj-i
   close (e.g. friend); familiar; friendly; intimate
2. adj-i
   familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one)
3. adj-i
   close (relatives); closely related

Example sentences

• また、親しい間柄であることから、暴力の被害を受けやすく、その被害を訴えにくいという実態がある。

  Also as they are in an intimate relationship they are in a situation where it is easy for them to suffer from violence and difficult for them to bring complaints about that to court.

• 「親しき仲にも礼儀あり」という言葉を知らないのか？

  Don't you know the saying "good manners even between friends?"

• 万次郎はこの二国をお互いに親しくするために一役果たしました。

  Manjiro played a part in making the two countries friends with each other.