Kanji
Readingあい
Frequency67%
Used in (179 in total)
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
partner; pal; accomplice
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
together; mutually; fellow
coupled with; together
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
to become (formal)
playmate; playfellow
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
adviser; someone to consult with; someone to turn to about one's concerns; confidant
adulterous partner (in a relationship); adulterous lover
sharing a room; dormitory room; match between wrestlers from the same stable
to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see
opposing role; partner
out of one's league; facing a too tough opponent; outclassed
sharing a table with someone you don't know (e.g. at a restaurant)
to face each other; to be opposite one another; to be in opposition; to conflict
riding together; sharing a car (taxi, etc.); doing in collaboration; backing of the same candidate by different political parties
person with whom one is having an illicit love affair
person one is dating; significant other; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend
sharing an umbrella; under one umbrella; sketch of an umbrella with two names under it (equiv. of "X loves Y")
to fight with each other; to fight amongst yourselves
partner country; other country (in a dispute, arrangement, etc.); opponent (country)
changing one's attitude or response according who one is talking to or dealing with
to face each other; to be opposite one another; to be in opposition; to conflict
sign; signal; cue
draw; tie; quits; even; square
to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered
to finish; to end; to be completed; to fulfill one's obligations
good match for an opponent; worthy (e.g. rival)
to line up with
quits; even; square
to be in common; to have in common; to be in mutually understood; to be mutually connected; to have a link
to resemble each other; to resemble one another
communications partner; entity at the end of a communication
to occur one after another; to happen in succession
the other party (usu. in business); person or party with whom you are dealing (on the other end)
to meet one another
involving only the parties concerned; tete-a-tete
compatibility horoscope (esp. for love); compatibility reading
usual; unchanging; eternal; same as always
fellow guest; fellow lodger; fellow passenger
to be equal in number, degree, etc. (of two things in opposition); to balance; to cancel out
interviewee; subject of an interview
equal to each other
to pile up; to cumulate
fellow sufferers pity each other
to be profoundly compatible; to be inseparable; to be so close as to reveal to each other the bottom of one's heart
to know each other; to exchange vows; to love each other
to be adjacent (with each other); to come into contact (with each other); to touch (each other); to neighbor (neighbour); to border
to do something together
to compete with each other
mutually contradictory
embrace; hug
to defeat one's opponent
mutual assistance; mutual sympathy
to pity (one another); to commiserate
staying in the same inn or hotel; rooming together
to be incompatible; to be contradictory
to grow together; to join together (in doing something)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in)
fellow students
sunset; evening bell; vespers bell
interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection
to be different and distinct; to be (relatively) distinct (when referring to items in a set)
face-to-face encounter
to mutually shine on (each other)
former boyfriend; former girlfriend
a fight between equally great opponents
to adjoin each other; to be beside one another
to have a consanguineous feud; to fight between family members; to have an internecine feud
to get along well together; to be in tune with one another; to harmonize with each other; to go well together
facing; across from; opposite; facing each other
brother-in-law
having completely different natures and being incompatible with each other; like oil and water; (lit.) ice and (charcoal) fire cannot coexist
room connecting the two main rooms of a building; intermediate room
medium-sized paper (approx. 15x21 cm, used for notebooks); medium-sized photo print (approx. 10x13 cm)
enshrinement of two or more deities in one building of a shrine; shrine building dedicated to two or more deities
double pine; twin pines
evening bell; vespers bell
dancing together in unison (in noh, kyogen, etc.)
to be together always (esp. married couple); to be inseparable; to live in perfect harmony
for enemies and allies to pull back their troops at the same time; responding to enemy arrow fire with arrow fire
competitive bids or bidding
joint ownership; sharing; going Dutch
Aizawa incident (assassination of Major General Tetsuzan Nagata by Lieutenant Colonel Saburo Aizawa; August 12, 1935)
to be true to one's name; to live up to one's reputation
one after the other; successively
good relationship
fresh or dried fish preserved in salt
to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be arranged
being on duty with a colleague; partner; colleague
sitting between the host and guest of honour at a drinking party (honor); companion
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to be happily married; (lit.) to go together like two zithers
developing together
In every game or play, differences in skill between individuals can be substantial
to accompany somebody; to bring somebody along; to get married
multiple people holding the same item with their chopsticks; passing something from chopstick to chopstick
drinking alcohol while pouring it for each other
to be coupled with; to be combined with; (arch.) to await
official seal; verification seal; affixing a seal to an official document; making a joint signature or seal
a couple strangely but happily united; uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate
catch crop; intercropping
chum; pal; dagger; stiletto; unbalanced record of wins between two wrestlers
opening formation; mutual attack
adversary party; opposing party
recipient (of email, e.g.)
permanent virtual connection; PVC
to help each other; to complement
the same age
dish of white and red-fleshed fish arranged next to each other
half lap joint between parallel boards
by human nature we are close, through practice we grow apart; by nature, near together; by practice far apart
renting a house in the same block of houses as somebody else; person who rents a house in the same block of houses as oneself
renting a house in the same block of houses as somebody else; person who rents a house in the same block of houses as oneself
even an unruly horse can be tamed
partner; someone who shares one's load
wrestlers with the same win-loss record at the end of a tournament
very sorry; remorseful; apologetic; contrite
growing old together (as a married couple)
mutual mourning (during which one does not make condolence calls or offer to help others also in mourning)
halving; scarfing; halving joint
to have mixed feelings of love and hatred; to love and hate equally
to brush against; to rub together
Go played by two equally skilled players
to be mutually dependent
the good and bad deeds cancel each other out; good deeds make up for the bad
if it is possible
gap; space; good relationship
doing something together; co-owning something and using it together; being on par with one another
to be opposite; to face each other
two people riding in a palanquin together (esp. a man and a woman)
very sorry; remorseful; apologetic; contrite
mutual love
two people riding in a palanquin together