交

Meaning

交 centers on things crossing or interchanging: people mingling, ideas mixing, or traffic coming and going. The association sense is a natural extension of this crossing interaction.

• 交換こうかん
  N3

  exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution; replacement; clearing (of checks, cheques)

• 交通こうつう
  N5

  traffic; transportation

• 交渉こうしょう
  N2

  negotiations; bargaining; discussions; talks

• 交流こうりゅう
  N2

  exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; mingling; mixing; coming together

• 外交がいこう
  N3

  diplomacy

• 交代こうたい
  N2

  change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift; relief; taking turns

• 交際こうさい
  N3

  company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance

• 交差点こうさてん
  N5

  crossing; intersection

• 交わすかわす
  N2

  to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.)

• 交付こうふ
  N1

  delivery; issuance; handing over; granting

• 社交しゃこう
  N1

  social life; social intercourse

• 性交せいこう

  sexual intercourse; sex; coitus

• 交えるまじえる
  N1

  to mix; to combine; to include

• 交互こうご
  N1

  alternate; alternating

• 国交こっこう
  N1

  diplomatic relations

• 交差こうさ
  N2

  crossing; intersection

• 交戦こうせん

  war; battle; hostilities

• 交番こうばん
  N5

  police box; koban; small neighborhood police station

• 交信こうしん

  telecommunications; correspondence

• 交わるまじわる
  N1

  to cross; to intersect; to join; to meet

• 交易こうえき
  N1

  trade; commerce

• 交友こうゆう

  friend; companion; acquaintance

• 飛び交うとびかう

  to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other

• 親交しんこう
  N1

  intimacy; friendship; friendly relations

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