Well, for one thing, I'd stop referring to him as "my close friend."
reciprocate
The Tagalog word for "reciprocate" is "tugunan."
Do i have to use reciprocate in a sentence?
I'll reciprocate with the tasks assigned for me. Thank you.
Luke generally showed kindness to people.
Thank you for the loan, I will reciprocate the next time we meet.
Kindness
To move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate., To give and return mutually; to make return for; to give in return; to interchange; to alternate; as, to reciprocate favors.
reciprocate a certification between two state. (It's as much a sentence as the question is.)
Kindness Is Never Good
I turned down their invitation to dinner because, at this time, I wouldn't be able to reciprocate.