Skinship

Synonyms for "skinship"

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Translations

2 translations across 2 languages.

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Japanese

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  • スキンシップ noun (bonding through physical contact)

Korean

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  • 스킨십 noun (bonding through physical contact)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

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In Mexico, interdependence among people in emphasized and expressed through cosleeping and "skinship." … A similar type of "skinship" also exists throughout Mexico—all one had to do is look at the way people walk or sit together. … women are always patting touching ...

Source: wiktionary

However, there were times that folks needed that skinship to feel hearten'd and Dan often felt when others had that need.

Source: wiktionary

This relationship of parents to children is especially enhanced by bathing together—commonly known as skinship (sukinshippu). Other groups, from businessmen or to neighboring housewives to hikers and classmates, often seek to increase the strength of a relationship by engaging in hadaka no tsukiai at a sentō, health center, or onsen.

Source: wiktionary

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