Relationships

Collocations for describing friendships, family, and romantic relationships

はじめに

人間関係にも独特のコロケーションがあります。「make friends（友達を作る）」であって「do friends」じゃない、「fall in love（恋に落ちる）」であって「go in love」じゃない。こうした決まった表現は、ネイティブが人とのつながりを語るときに深く根付いています。

この章では、家族の絆から友情、恋愛まで、人間関係のコロケーションを学びます。

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この章のコロケーション一覧（28）

• make friends To form new friendships with people
• close friend A very good friend whom you trust and share personal things with
• best friend Your closest and most valued friend
• fall in love To begin to feel romantic love for someone
• get married To enter into a legal marriage with someone
• broken heart Deep emotional pain caused by the end of a love relationship
• blind date A romantic meeting arranged between two people who have never met before
• mutual friend A person who is a friend of both you and someone else
• keep in touch To maintain contact with someone over time
• lose touch To gradually stop communicating with someone
• family ties The bonds and connections between family members
• sibling rivalry Competition and jealousy between brothers and sisters
• generation gap Differences in attitudes and values between older and younger people
• love at first sight Falling in love the very first time you see someone
• get along To have a friendly relationship with someone
• fall out To have a serious argument that damages a relationship
• make up To become friends again after an argument
• break up To end a romantic relationship
• settle down To start living a stable life, especially by getting married and having a home
• pop the question To ask someone to marry you; to propose
• tie the knot To get married
• growing apart Gradually becoming less close to someone over time
• lasting friendship A friendship that continues for a very long time
• unconditional love Love that is given freely without any conditions or expectations
• toxic relationship A harmful relationship that causes emotional damage
• platonic friendship A close friendship without any romantic or sexual feelings
• childhood sweetheart A person you were romantically attached to as a child or teenager
• extended family Family members beyond parents and siblings, such as aunts, uncles, cousins, a...