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友達

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
とも
Grade: 2
たち > だち
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Etymology

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From (tomo, friend) +‎ (-tachi, pluralizing suffix).[1][2] Originally plural, but also used in the singular sense in modern Japanese.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) もだち [tòmódáchí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [to̞mo̞da̠t͡ɕi]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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(とも)(だち) (tomodachi

  1. friend
    Synonyms: (tomo), 友人 (yūjin), (Tsugaru) けやぐ (keyagu), (Nagasaki) ちんぐ (chingu), ダチ, まぶだち, だち公

Derived terms

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.