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

• (Tokyo) つきあ​い [tsùkíáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) つきあい [tsùkíáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨ̥ᵝkʲia̠i]

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”)