LingakuFrequency rank: 1,128.
- friend; companion
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
- 友達【ともだち】Frequency rank: 1,128.
- 友だち【ともだち】Frequency rank: 12,147. – 12,169.
- ともだちFrequency rank: 17,124. – 17,190.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- friend; companion
This word is used to refer to a person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically one exclusive of sexual or family relations. It can refer to someone you spend time with or trust.
Generated collocations (experimental)
ともだち友達をつくる作るto make friendsしんゆう親友close friendともだち友達がいるto have friendsともだち友達にあう会うto meet a friendともだち友達とあそぶ遊ぶto hang out with a friendともだち友達にれんらく連絡するto contact a friendともだち友達どうし同士among friendsともだち友達のわ輪circle of friendsともだち友達とはなす話すto talk with a friendともだち友達とりょこう旅行するto travel with a friendともだち友達としてas a friendともだち友達にめぐまれる恵まれるto be blessed with friends
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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This is my friend Rachel. We went to high school together.
My friends always say I'm too calm, but my family always says I'm too annoying.
Spenser would not tell anyone his surreptitious plan to get back at his friends for pranking him.
I was overjoyed when I was able to make friends with her!
The woman in a red dress ignored the black-clothed man and called a friend on her mobile.
I'm a bit down because a blogger friend of mine has decided to stop blogging.
One month since entering high school ... not a single friend yet. That's really terrible, at this rate it will be middle-school all over again!!
The other day when I stopped by at a friend's house, it wasn't my friend that came out of the front door, but her husband.
Oh, you! If you go around with a face like that, I'll have to demote you back down to 'friend' again.
Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs.
The child next door was showing off his brand new bicycle to his friends.
You cannot be too careful in choosing your friends.