仲なか

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

Refers to the state of a personal relationship between people, often used in phrases like 仲がいい (close) or 仲が悪い (on bad terms).

彼かれとは子こ供どもの頃ころから仲なかがいい。
I've been close with him since we were kids.
最さい近きん、あの二人ふたりは仲なかが悪わるいらしい。
It seems those two have been on bad terms lately.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉との仲なかone's relationship with someone
彼かの女じょは上じょう司しとの仲なかがぎくしゃくしている。
Her relationship with her boss has become awkward.
仲なかを取とり持もつto mediate or bring two people's relationship together
先せん生せいが二人ふたりの仲なかを取とり持もってくれた。
The teacher helped mend the relationship between the two of them.
仲なかを深ふかめるto deepen a relationship
旅りょ行こうを通つうじてクラスメートとの仲なかを深ふかめた。
We deepened our friendship with our classmates through the trip.

Expressions· 16

仲なかいいclose; intimate; on good terms
犬けん猿えんの仲なかlike cats and dogs; on very bad terms
いい仲なかlove for one another; being in love
熱あつい仲なかmutual attraction; being in love; hot romance
仲なかがいいclose; intimate; on good terms

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仲なかが悪わるいon bad terms; not getting along
仲なかに入はいるact as an intermediary; mediate; step in between
仲なかの悪わるいon bad terms; at odds
仲なかの良よいclose; intimate

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Kanji

仲go-between, relationship

Related words

関かん係けいN4
関係 is the broad, formal word for any connection or association, while 仲 specifically describes the emotional closeness or friction between people.
間あいだ柄がらN1
間柄 is a slightly formal word for the nature of a relationship (e.g. family or social ties), while 仲 is the everyday word focused on how well people get along.
折おり合あい
仲 broadly describes the state of a relationship between people, while 折り合い specifically highlights how well or poorly they are getting along.
間かんN1
仲 is the common word for personal relations (仲が悪い), while the discord sense of 間 is much rarer and more literary.

Don't confuse with

中なかN5
中 (なか) means 'inside' or 'middle' and is unrelated in meaning to 仲 (なか), which means the state of a personal relationship, despite sharing the same reading and being written with similar-looking kanji.

Word family· 28

仲なか間まN3
companion; friend; comrade; colleague · group; circle; set; gang · member of the same category; fellow (in a class/family)
仲なか良よくN1
on good terms; getting along well; harmoniously
仲なか良よしN3
close friend; bosom buddy; close friendship · sexual intercourse; intimate relations
仲なか居い
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
仲なか直なおりN3
reconciliation; making up; patching up a quarrel

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不ふ仲なか
discord; bad terms; strained relations
恋こい仲なか
mutual love; being in love with each other
仲なか間ま外はずれN2
being left out; ostracism; exclusion from a group
仲なか違たがい
falling out; quarrel; estrangement
仲なか買がい人にん
broker; jobber; middleman
仲なか立だち
mediation; intermediary; go-between
仲なか見み世せ
nakamise; shops lining a shrine approach
仲なか買がいN1
brokerage; broker
乙おつ仲なか
chartering broker; freight forwarding agent
仲なか人びと
go-between; matchmaker
仲なか卸おろし
intermediate wholesaler; middleman
ボンナカ
good friend from a gambling den
仲なか働ばたらき
maid (not working in the kitchen or living quarters)
仲なか立だち人にん
middleman; mediator; go-between
仲なか立だち業ぎょう
brokerage company
夫ふう婦ふ仲なか
marital relations; relationship between husband and wife
沖おき仲なか仕し
longshoreman; stevedore

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Written forms

仲なかUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling for personal relationships.
なかUsage1%

Etymology

The kanji 仲 is composed of 人 (person) and 中 (middle), suggesting a person in the middle or a relationship between people. The reading なか is a native Japanese word.