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Human relations — 人間関係

Acquaintance and bond, hierarchy and courtesy, consideration, mediation, friction, compromise. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

こうさい noun
交際 association, going out with
めんしき noun
面識 acquaintance (knowing by sight)
えん noun
縁 connection, ties, fate
きずな noun
絆 bond, ties
じょうげかんけい noun
上下関係 hierarchical relationship
けいい noun
敬意 respect, deference
はいりょ noun
配慮 consideration, thoughtfulness
きくばり noun
気配り attentiveness to others
ちゅうかい noun
仲介 mediation, brokering
まさつ noun
摩擦 friction
たいりつ noun
対立 confrontation, opposition
わかい noun
和解 reconciliation, settlement
じょうほ noun
譲歩 concession
だきょう noun
妥協 compromise
しんらいかんけい noun
信頼関係 relationship of trust
ごかい noun
誤解 misunderstanding
なかなおり noun
仲直り making up, reconciliation
そえん な-adj
疎遠 estrangement, drifting apart
しんみつ な-adj
親密 close, intimate
たいとう な-adj
対等 on equal terms
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Human relations — from memory

Cover page 1. Write the Japanese for each meaning (kana is fine), then write what each word in part 2 means. Page 1 is the answer key.

1    Write the Japanese
confrontation, opposition
noun
friction
noun
connection, ties, fate
noun
concession
noun
acquaintance (knowing by sight)
noun
hierarchical relationship
noun
attentiveness to others
noun
close, intimate
な-adj
respect, deference
noun
mediation, brokering
noun
2    What does it mean?
信頼関係
疎遠
交際
配慮
誤解
和解
絆
仲直り
対等
妥協
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