"親友" meaning in Japanese

See 親友 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɕĩɰ̃jɯ̟ː] Forms: 親友 [canonical] (ruby: (しん), (ゆう)), shin'yū [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|しんゆう}} 親(しん)友(ゆう) • (shin'yū)
  1. close friend, bosom buddy
    Sense id: en-親友-ja-noun-2ipTjg37 Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, People Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 22 6 8 61 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 3 4 66 1 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 93 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 98 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 78 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 95 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 94 6 Disambiguation of People: 100 0
  2. crony, chum
    Sense id: en-親友-ja-noun-Cx8ynJ6f
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          "友",
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        ]
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              5,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "english": "We are bosom buddies! Yes, we are.\nYes, we are. Yes, we are.",
          "ref": "1987 March 20 [1987 February 20], Fujiko Fujio, “テレパ椎(しい) [Telepathinkapin]”, in カンビュセスの籤(くじ) [Cambyses’s Drawing] (藤子不二雄 SF全短編; 1), 2nd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第二章, page 386:",
          "roman": "Ore-tachi ya shin’yū da na! Sō da na\nSō da Sō da",
          "text": "おれたちや親友だな!そうだな\nそうだ そうだ",
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      ],
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          "crony",
          "crony"
        ],
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          "chum",
          "chum"
        ]
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      "other": "しんゆう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕĩɰ̃jɯ̟ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "親友"
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    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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          ],
          "english": "We are bosom buddies! Yes, we are.\nYes, we are. Yes, we are.",
          "ref": "1987 March 20 [1987 February 20], Fujiko Fujio, “テレパ椎(しい) [Telepathinkapin]”, in カンビュセスの籤(くじ) [Cambyses’s Drawing] (藤子不二雄 SF全短編; 1), 2nd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第二章, page 386:",
          "roman": "Ore-tachi ya shin’yū da na! Sō da na\nSō da Sō da",
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          "chum",
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ɕĩɰ̃jɯ̟ː]"
    }
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 親友 meaning in Japanese (1.8kB)

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