友誼・友宜|ゆうぎyuugi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounfriendship; friendly relations; fellowship

• Synonym友好ゆうこうNeutralNeutral and more common than 友誼; centers on friendly relations between groups or nations, as in 「友好関係」.
• Synonym親善しんぜんWrittenWritten; about nations or groups building goodwill, as in 「親善大使」; leans diplomatic.
• Synonym友情ゆうじょうNeutralThe everyday word; stresses the affection felt between friends, personal in flavor and more colloquial than 友誼.
• Synonym親交しんこうWrittenWritten; stresses close personal association between individuals, as in 「親交を結ぶ」.
• Synonym交誼こうぎWrittenWritten and rare; stresses the rapport built up through socializing and association, leaning more toward the interaction itself than 友誼 does.
• SynonymフレンドシップNeutralLoanword rarely heard in daily speech; mostly seen in the names of events and projects.
• Related修好しゅうこうFormalFormal; for nations establishing friendly relations with each other, as in 「修好条約」.
• Antonym敵意てきいNeutralHostility: the mind set on opposing or harming another; the opposite of the friendly bond of 友誼.
• Antonym憎悪ぞうおWrittenWritten; strong hatred and loathing, the opposite of the friendly bond of 友誼.

「友誼」 is a written word for the bond between people or between nations, as in 「友誼を結ぶ」「日中友誼」. In everyday speech use 「友情」; between countries or groups 「友好」 and 「親善」 are the usual choices, 「修好」 is formal diplomacy, and 「親交」 means close personal ties. 「交誼」 is rare; 「フレンドシップ」 turns up in event names. Antonyms: 「敵意」, 「憎悪」.

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1. 友達ともだちのよしみ。