近づき・近付き|ちかづきchikazuki[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounacquaintance; making someone's acquaintanceusu. お〜
   職業柄しょくぎょうがら彼かれは数すう人にんの外国人がいこくじんと近ちかづきになっている。↗

   His job has brought him in contact with some foreigners.

• Synonym顔見知りかおみしりNeutralA nodding acquaintance — someone whose face you know. 「近づき」 covers both the act of getting acquainted and the person you already know.
• Synonym顔なじみかおなじみNeutralA familiar face you meet often, such as a regular customer at a shop; it stresses repeated contact, which 「近づき」 does not.
• Synonym面識めんしきNeutralThe fact of having met; mostly in the phrase 「面識がある」. Unlike 「近づき」, it names the state of being acquainted, not the person.
• Related知り合いしりあいNeutralThe most common, everyday word for someone you know; unlike 「近づき」 it does not highlight the process of newly getting acquainted.
• Related知人ちじんWrittenA written-style word for someone you know; it centres on the person already known and says nothing about how the acquaintance began.
• Related知己ちきWrittenIn formal prose, a close friend who understands you well; it can also mean an acquaintance, but the confidant sense is its hallmark.
• Relatedお近づきおちかづきFormal「近づき」 with the honorific prefix お; mostly in the formal phrases 「お近づきになる」 and 「お近づきの印に」, the most common forms in use.
• Related見知りみしりNeutralAcquaintance or recognition; rarely used on its own. 「人見知り」 looks similar but means shyness with strangers.
• Related知り人しりびとWrittenAn old-fashioned word for an acquaintance, now rarely used; it survives mainly in older writing.
• Antonym疎遠そえんNeutralEstrangement — drifting apart and hardly staying in touch; the natural opposite of 「近づき」.
• Antonym無縁むえんNeutralHaving no ties or connection whatsoever; it stands at the opposite pole from 「近づき」.

To speak of getting to know someone or associating with them, 「お近づきになる」 and 「お近づきの印に」 are the usual phrases. For a person you know, say 「知り合い」, or 「知人」 in written style; for a familiar face, 「顔見知り」. The opposite of 「近づき」 is 「疎遠」.

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1. ある人ひとと知り合しりあうこと。または、知り合しりあいの人ひと。