義ぎ理り合あい

noun

social relationship; friendship

Refers to a relationship based on mutual obligation or social duty (義理), often implying a formal or reciprocal bond rather than pure affection.

• 彼かれとは単たんなる義ぎ理り合あいで、特とくに親したしいわけではない。

  My relationship with him is just a formal social connection; we're not particularly close.

• 義ぎ理り合あいを大たい切せつにするのが日に本ほんの伝でん統とうだ。

  Valuing social obligations is a Japanese tradition.