間柄・間がら|あいだがらaidagara[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounrelationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
   君きみと彼かれとはどういう間柄あいだがらなのだ。↗

   What's your relation with him?

• Synonym仲なかNeutralCommon in speech, often with good or bad: 「仲がいい」, 「仲が悪い」. 「間柄」 also covers personal terms but adds status ties like kinship and sounds a bit more formal.
• Synonym関係かんけいNeutralThe broadest term: it works for relations between people or between things. 「間柄」 is limited to the relationship or terms between people.
• Synonym結びつきむすびつきNeutralFocuses on how tight a tie is, and applies to people, regions or things, as in 「強い結びつき」; 「間柄」 is confined to relations between people.
• Synonym人間関係にんげんかんけいNeutralRelations and dealings among people in an organization or society at large, as in 「人間関係に悩む」; 「間柄」 usually speaks of one specific pair.
• Related絆きずなNeutralAn emotional bond between people that is hard to break, with a warm feel, as in 「家族の絆」; 「間柄」 simply states the relationship or how close two people are.
• RelatedつながりNeutralA link that ties things together; usable for people or things alike. 「間柄」 covers only relationships and terms between people.
• RelatedコネCasualColloquial for connections you can use, often implying gain through contacts; 「間柄」 only describes the relationship itself, with no sense of leveraging it.
• RelatedコネクションNeutralCovers general connections as well as useful contacts, and is more neutral than 「コネ」; 「間柄」 refers strictly to relations between people.
• Related関わりかかわりNeutralStresses involvement or connection, as in 「事件との関わり」, and its object need not be a person; 「間柄」 speaks of relations between people.
• RelatedリレーションNeutralA loanword for relations or association, heard mostly in business and other specialized settings and rare in daily talk; for personal terms use 「間柄」.
• Related関わり合いかかわりあいNeutralMutual involvement or influence, often with a nuance of being unwillingly entangled, as in 「関わり合いになる」; 「間柄」 merely states a relationship.

To state the relationship or closeness between two people, use 「間柄」, as in 「親子の間柄」 or 「親しい間柄」. In everyday speech 「仲」 is the usual choice; for relations in general, including between things, use 「関係」, and for useful contacts say 「コネ」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 親戚しんせき又または姻族いんぞくの関係かんけい、続柄つづきがら。
2. 互たがいの関係かんけい、交まじわり、交際こうさい、仲なか。