go-between, relationship
仲 centers on the space or connection between people: a go-between who mediates, or the relationship itself that links individuals.
仲 combines 亻 (person) with 中 (middle), suggesting a person who stands in the middle or mediates between others.
A person 亻 standing in the middle 中 acts as a go-between, forming the relationship between two sides.
For チュウ, picture a mediator choosing (チュウ sounds like 'choose') the best path between two people: choose -> チュウ, and the person in the middle makes the choice.
companion; fellow; friend; mate; comrade; partner; colleague; coworker; associate
relation; relationship
on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully
agency; intermediation
close friendship; close friend; good friend; bosom buddy; chum; pal
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
joining (a group); becoming a member (of); joining the ranks (of)
arbitration; intercession; mediation
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
matchmaker
close; intimate; on good terms
being in love with each other
being left out; being ostracized
falling out (with); quarrel; discord; estrangement; being on bad terms
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
broker; jobber
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
nakamise; shops lining a passageway in the precincts of a Shinto shrine
being evenly matched; being equal with; being on a par with; being well contested