付つき合あい

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

Refers to the act of spending time with others, maintaining social relationships, or the company one keeps. Often implies a degree of obligation or effort in social contexts.

彼かれとは長ながい付つき合あいです。
I have a long association with him.
仕し事ごとの付つき合あいで飲のみに行いく。
I go out drinking as part of work socializing.
近きん所じょとの付つき合あいは大たい切せつだ。
Fellowship with neighbors is important.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉と付つき合あいがあるto have an ongoing association/relationship with someone
隣となりの家か族ぞくとは長ながい付つき合あいがある。
I've had a long relationship with the family next door.
付つき合あいを続つづけるto keep up an association/relationship
彼かれとは仕し事ごとを辞やめた後あとも付つき合あいを続つづけている。
Even after leaving the job, I've kept up my relationship with him.
付つき合あいを断ことわるto decline a social invitation/relationship
最さい近きんは忙いそがしくて、同どう僚りょうとの付つき合あいを断ことわることが多おおい。
I've been busy lately, so I often turn down socializing with coworkers.
付つき合あいで〈動どう詞し〉to do something out of social obligation
付つき合あいで飲のみ会かいに参さん加かした。
I went to the drinking party out of social obligation.
〈人ひと〉との付つき合あいが長ながいto have known/associated with someone for a long time
彼かの女じょとは大だい学がく時じ代だいからの付つき合あいが長ながい。
I've known her for a long time, since our college days.

Expressions

裸はだかの付つき合あいcompletely honest relationship; open-hearted friendship · hanging out naked; socializing in the nude
付つき合あいきれないcan't deal with anymore; fed up with; enough is enough
よろしくお付つき合あいくださいplease treat me well; I look forward to working with you; please remember me

Kanji

付adhere, attach, refer to
合fit, suit, join

Related words

交こう際さいN3
交際 is more formal and often implies romantic dating or official social relations, while 付き合い is broader and covers casual or obligatory everyday interactions.
社しゃ交こうN1
社交 describes the general act or skill of mixing socially (as in 社交的な人), while 付き合い focuses on maintaining a specific ongoing relationship.
親しん交こうN1
親交 implies a close, warm friendship, whereas 付き合い can be shallow or purely obligatory, like with neighbors or coworkers.
近きん所じょ付づき合あいN2
付き合い is the general word for maintaining a relationship with anyone, while 近所付き合い specifically means the ongoing social interaction with one's neighbors.

Opposites

絶ぜっ交こうN1
絶交 means to cut off a relationship entirely, the opposite of maintaining a 付き合い with someone.

Don't confuse with

付つき添そい
付き合い means an ongoing relationship or association with someone, while 付き添い means physically accompanying or attending to someone, usually temporarily.

Word family

人ひと付づき合あい
socializing; personal relations; getting along with people
近きん所じょ付づき合あいN2
neighborly relations; interaction with neighbors
隣となり付づき合あい
neighborly relations; socializing with neighbors
友とも達だち付づき合あい
friendship; social relations; social life
親しん戚せき付づき合あい
relations with relatives; socializing with relatives · treating a non-relative as family; being on close terms as if relatives
親しん類るい付づき合あい
associating with relatives; keeping in touch with relatives · family-like relationship; associating as if family

Written forms

付つき合あいUsage64%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
つきあいUsage23%
つき合あいUsage12%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, sometimes seen in informal writing.
付つき合あいUsage2%
Uncommon abbreviated kanji form; may be encountered but not standard.

Etymology

Noun form of the verb 付き合う (to associate with), from 付く (to attach) + 合う (mutually). The combination implies mutual attachment or interaction.