付き合う

Compound of 付(つ)き (tsuki, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 付(つ)く (tsuku, “be attached to, belong to”)) + 合(あ)う (-au, “act upon each other”).

• (Tokyo) つきあう (Nakadaka – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

付(つ)き合(あ)う • (tsukiau) ^{←つきあふ (tukiafu)?}intransitive godan (stem 付(つ)き合(あ)い (tsukiai), past 付(つ)き合(あ)った (tsukiatta))

1. to go out with, to be dating

   あの子(こ)って誰(だれ)かと付(つ)き合(あ)ってる？

   Ano ko tte dareka to tsukiatteru?

   Is that girl going out with anybody?

2. to keep company with, to get along with

• 付(つ)き合(あ)い (tsukiai, “association, socializing, fellowship”)
• お付(つ)き合(あ)い (otsukiai, “association, socializing, fellowship”)
• 顔(かお)を付(つ)き合(あ)わせる (kao o tsukiawaseru, “meet face to face”)

• 付(つけ)合(あい) (tsukeai, “linking poems”) (obsolete)
• 付(つ)け合(あ)わせ (tsukeawase), 付(つけ)合(あわ)せ (tsukeawase, “vegetable relish with meat, garnish”)
• 付(つ)け合(あ)わせる (tsukeawaseru, “add to”)