付き合い

Japanese
Kanji in this term
付 合
つ
Grade: 4		 あ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
つき合い (less common)
付合い (less common)

Etymology

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 付(つ)き合(あ)う (tsukiau, “keep company with; get along with”), equivalent to 付(つ)き (tsuki) + 合(あ)い (ai).

Pronunciation

Noun

付(つ)き合(あ)い • (tsukiai) ←つきあひ (tukiafi)?

  1. friendship, association

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • お付(つ)き合(あ)い (otsukiai, “association, socializing, fellowship”)
  • 人(ひと)付(づ)き合(あ)い (hitozukiai, “social disposition”)
  • 付(つ)き合(あ)いきれない (tsukiai kirenai, “cannot handle any longer, fed up with, enough is enough”)
  • 友達(ともだち)付(づ)き合(あ)い (tomodachizukiai, “friendly relations, social relations, social life”)
  • 親類(しんるい)付(づ)き合(あ)い (shinruizukiai, “inter-family association”)
  • 近(きん)所(じょ)付(づ)き合(あ)い (kinjozukiai, “interaction with one's neighbors, relationship with one's neighbors”)
  • 隣(となり)付(づ)き合(あ)い (tonarizukiai, “neighborly relations”)
  • 裸(はだか)の付(つ)き合(あ)い (hadaka no tsukiai, “communal bathing”)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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