► 名詞
付き合い [(3)つきあい] meaning: deal rank: 1
☆ あの会社とは長い間お付き合いさせてもらっています ⇨ We have been doing business with that company for a long time
付き合い [(3)つきあい] meaning: friend rank: 1
☆ 彼とはもう四十年以上の付き合いだ ⇨ I’ve known him for more than 40 years (☛ Friendship)
付き合い [(3)つきあい] meaning: socialize rank: 1
☆ 彼は仕事の付き合いでゴルフをやっている ⇨ He plays golf only because of the job connections
☆ 彼は仕事の付き合いで飲むことが多い ⇨ He goes out drinking mostly for job socializing
☆ 都会では近所付き合いを一切しない人が多い ⇨ In big cities there are many people who don’t socialize with neighbors at all
More examples:
- ああいう下卑た奴等とは付き合いたくない ⇨ I don’t want to deal with those lowlifes
- 私は人付き合いが苦手だ ⇨ I am not good at socializing
- 彼女の気紛れには付き合い切れない ⇨ I can’t deal with her fickleness
- 彼は固過ぎて付き合いにくい ⇨ He is too inflexible and hard to deal with
- あいつとは付き合い切れない ⇨ I just can’t deal with him
- ああいう奴らとは付き合いたくない ⇨ I don’t want to hang out with people like that
- 私は人付き合いが非常に苦痛だ ⇨ Socializing is very painful, exhausting, to me. I hate socializing
- 彼は偏屈者だから付き合い切れない ⇨ I cannot deal with him because he is so difficult, narrow-minded
- あいつにはもう付き合いきれない ⇨ I can’t deal with him any more
- 都会では隣人との付き合いがないことが多い ⇨ In big cities often people don’t socialize with neighbors