仲間

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See also: 中間

Japanese

Kanji in this term
なか
Grade: 4

Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(なか)() (nakama

  1. companion
    (たび)(なか)()Tabi no NakamaThe Travel Fellowship
    • 2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “(だい)40(よんじゅう)() ()えない(ほのお)”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], Jump Remix edition, volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, pages 134–135:
      ゼフィール(おう) (ぼく)()けない 祖国(リキア)(ぼく)らの(しょう)()(ねが)っている(ひと)(たち)のために ともに(わら)いともに()き ともに(たたか)ってきた(なか)()(たち)のために (いのち)()けて(つるぎ)(たく)してくれたアルのために‼
      Zefīru Ō boku wa makenai Rikia de bokura no shōri o negatte iru hito-tachi no tame ni Tomo ni warai tomo ni naki tomo ni tatakatte kita nakama-tachi no tame ni Inochi o kakete tsurugi o taku shite kureta Aru no tame ni‼
      King Zephiel, I will not lose. For all the people who are praying for our triumph in our homeland Lycia. For all the comrades with whom I’ve fought, with whom I’ve shared laughter and tears. And for Alle, who risked his life to get me with this sword!!
  2. member of a group; peer; "one of us"
    みんな(なか)()だからminna nakama da karabecause we're all together
    (なか)()一人(ひとり)nakama no hitoria part of the group
    (なか)()()nakama no shideath of a peer
    (なか)()(せん)(しゅ)nakama no senshufellow athlete
    • 2010 October 24, Tsutsui, Taishi, “(だい)21(にじゅういち)(まく) ()(じょう)(かぜ)”, in エスプリト [Esprit], volume 6 (fiction), Tokyo: Mag Garden, →ISBN, pages 133–134:
      ヤン(せん)(せい)…わたしたち…(なか)()ですよね?
      Yan-sensei… watashi-tachi… nakama desu yo ne?
      Yan-sensei… are we… really friends?
  3. gang

Antonyms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN