互ご酬しゅう性せい

noun

reciprocity

Academic term used in anthropology, sociology, and economics to describe mutual exchange of goods, services, or favors, often with an expectation of return. Not an everyday word.

• 互ご酬しゅう性せいは、贈ぞう与よと返へん礼れいの循じゅん環かんによって社しゃ会かい関かん係けいを維い持じする原げん理りである。

  Reciprocity is a principle that maintains social relationships through the cycle of giving and returning.

• マリノフスキーはトロブリアンド諸しょ島とうの調ちょう査さで互ご酬しゅう性せいの概がい念ねんを発はっ展てんさせた。

  Malinowski developed the concept of reciprocity through his research in the Trobriand Islands.