相

Meaning

相 centers on a relationship between two sides: mutual interaction, doing something together, or seeing each other. The minister/councillor sense is a person who looks at both sides, and aspect/phase/physiognomy are about how something appears in relation to an observer.

• 相手あいて
  N4

  companion; partner; company

• 相当そうとう
  N3

  corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to

• 相談そうだん
  N4

  consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice

• 首相しゅしょう
  N4

  prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier

• 相しょう
  N2

  minister (of a government department)

• 相互そうご
  N2

  mutual; reciprocal

• 相変わらずあいかわらず
  N3

  as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

• 相性あいしょう

  affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)

• 相続そうぞく
  N3

  succession

• 相撲すもう
  N4

  sumo (wrestling)

• 相棒あいぼう

  partner; pal; accomplice

• 真相しんそう
  N1

  truth; real situation

• 相応しいふさわしい
  N2

  appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy

• 相場そうば
  N1

  market price

• 相対あいたい
  N1

  involving only the parties concerned; tete-a-tete

• 相対そうたい

  relativity

• 相違そうい
  N2

  difference; discrepancy; variation

• 相応そうおう
  N1

  suitable; appropriate; befitting; becoming; adequate; reasonable; proper

• 相関そうかん
  N1

  correlation; interrelation

• 外相がいしょう
  N2

  Foreign Minister

• 相まってあいまって

  coupled with; together

• 相次ぐあいつぐ
  N2

  to follow in succession; to happen one after another

• 様相ようそう
  N1

  aspect; phase; condition

• 大相撲おおずもう

  professional sumo wrestling

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