友達

Japanese

Kanji in this term
友 達
とも
Grade: 2		 たち > だち
Grade: 4
yutōyomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

友達 (hiragana ともだち, rōmaji tomodachi)

  1. friend

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References

  1. 1 2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 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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