懇こん親しん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

friendly relations; fellowship; getting acquainted

A formal noun for building or maintaining friendly, close relations among members of a group. Often used in set phrases such as 懇親を深める and compounds such as 懇親会.

会かい員いん同どう士しの懇こん親しんを深ふかめるため、夕ゆう食しょく会かいを開ひらいた。
They held a dinner to deepen fellowship among the members.
懇こん親しんを兼かねて、部ぶ署しょ全ぜん員いんで昼ちゅう食しょくを取とった。
The whole department had lunch together, partly to get to know one another better.

Usage patterns

懇こん親しんを深ふかめるto deepen friendly relations (with others)
新しん入にゅう社しゃ員いんと懇こん親しんを深ふかめるための食しょく事じ会かいが開ひらかれた。
A dinner was held to deepen friendly relations with the new employees.
懇こん親しんを図はかるto aim to build friendly relations
取とり引ひき先さきとの懇こん親しんを図はかるためにゴルフに行いった。
We went golfing in order to build friendly relations with our business partners.

Kanji

懇sociable, kind, courteous
親parent, intimacy, relative

Related words

親しん睦ぼくN1
親睦 and 懇親 both mean cultivating friendly relations within a group, but 懇親 tends to sound slightly more formal and is often tied to a specific event.
交こう流りゅうN2
交流 focuses on the exchange or interaction itself, while 懇親 focuses on becoming close and friendly through that interaction.
友ゆう情じょうN3
友情 is personal friendship or affection between individual friends, whereas 懇親 is about fostering cordial relations, especially in groups or organizations.

Don't confuse with

懇こん意い
懇親 refers to fostering friendly relations, often in a social gathering like 懇親会, while 懇意 describes the resulting state of being on close terms.
懇こん切せつ
懇親 refers to friendly social interaction or a get-together (e.g. 懇親会), while 懇切 describes the kind, thorough quality of an explanation or treatment; the shared 懇 kanji often causes confusion.

Word family

懇こん親しん会かい
social gathering; get-together; friendly meeting

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound written with 懇, associated with sincerity and cordiality, and 親, associated with closeness or intimacy. The spelling transparently reflects the modern meaning, but this is a component explanation rather than a detailed historical derivation.