友達

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Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ともだち (Heiban – )[2]
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Noun

友(とも)達(だち) • (tomodachi) 

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

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References

  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.
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