親身|しんみshinmi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounrelation; relative
2. na-adjective, no-adjectivekind; cordial

• Related気安いきやすいNeutralEasy to approach and free of formality, as in 「気安く話しかける」. 「親身」 is about caring for someone like family.
• Related親しいしたしいNeutralNeutral: close and familiar, describing the relationship itself. 「親身」 stresses caring for someone as if you were in their place.
• Related懇意こんいWrittenWritten and formal: being on close, friendly terms with someone, as in 「懇意にしている」. It describes the association itself, not warm, attentive care.
• Related親密しんみつNeutralDescribes an intimate relationship, as in 「親密な関係」. It is about the closeness of the bond; 「親身」 is about the caring attitude.
• Related近しいちかしいWrittenWritten and formal: describes a close relationship, as in 「近しい間柄」. It is about the bond itself, not about attentive care.
• Related昵懇じっこんWrittenWritten and formal, and not often used: very intimate, as in 「昵懇の仲」.
• Related心安いこころやすいNeutralColloquial: getting along so familiarly that no reserve is needed. It stresses ease, not warm-hearted concern.
• Antonym無関心むかんしんNeutralAntonym: indifference, the opposite of the genuine concern of 「親身」.
• Antonym冷淡れいたんNeutralAntonym: coldness, the opposite of the warm, attentive care of 「親身」.

Use 「親身」 for caring about someone as if they were family, as in 「親身になって相談に乗る」. For a close relationship say 「親密」 or 「親しい」; for being on close, friendly terms, 「懇意」. 「気安い」 and 「心安い」 stress relaxed informality rather than care; 「近しい」 and 「昵懇」 are written. The opposites are 「無関心」 and 「冷淡」.

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1. 近ちかい関係かんけいにある親戚しんせき。
2. 肉親にくしんのように細こまやかな心遣こころづかいをすること。
3. 肉親にくしんのように細こまやかな心遣こころづかいをするさま。