friendship

Japanese: friendship
friendship

…The word yuai can mean friendship in the narrow sense, but as a translation of Western words such as the English word fraternity, it can also mean affection between brothers, and more broadly, the affection that binds a group such as a family, and the brotherly love between humans that embraces all humans as one family. In this broadest sense, yuai is synonymous with philanthropy and brotherly love.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "friendship" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…友愛という言葉は,狭くは〈友情friendship〉を意味する場合もあるが,特に英語fraternityなど西欧語の訳語として,兄弟の間の情愛から,さらにひろく家族など同一集団を結合する情愛,人間全体を一つの家族として包み込む人間相互の兄弟愛をも意味する。このもっとも広い意味で,友愛は〈博愛philanthropy〉〈隣人愛brotherly love〉と同義である。…

※「friendship」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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