1.
friendship, close personal relations, intimacy
A close personal relationship, especially between people of similar standing or between notable figures. More formal than everyday words for friendship, and often used when describing relationships between public figures, intellectuals, or people in professional contexts.
二人は長年の親交がある。
The two have had a long friendship.
親交を深める機会になった。
It became an opportunity to deepen our friendship.
彼は生前、多くの作家と親交があったことで知られている。
He was known for having had close friendships with many writers during his lifetime.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 親交がある: to have a close friendship
- 親交を深める: to deepen a friendship
- 親交を結ぶ: to form a friendship
- 長年の親交: a friendship of many years
USAGE:
A formal, somewhat literary word for friendship. While 友情 is the general word for friendship and 友人 is a general word for friend, 親交 emphasizes personal closeness and mutual interaction. Often appears in biographical writing, eulogies, and formal accounts of relationships between notable people.