"友好" meaning in Japanese

See 友好 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [to̞mo̞jo̞ɕi] Forms: 友好 [canonical] (ruby: (とも), (よし)), Tomoyoshi [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 友 (tomo, “friend”) + 好 (yoshi, “good”). The 好 kanji used for the yoshi reading is an example of jukujikun. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|友|好|sort=ともよし|t1=friend|t2=good|tr1=tomo|tr2=yoshi}} 友 (tomo, “friend”) + 好 (yoshi, “good”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|ともよし}} 友(とも)好(よし) • (Tomoyoshi)
  1. a male given name Categories (topical): Japanese given names, Japanese male given names
    Sense id: en-友好-ja-name-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 9 12 14 55 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 12 14 55 9 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 78 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 95 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 93 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 80 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [jɯ̟ːko̞ː] Forms: 友好 [canonical] (ruby: (ゆう), (こう)), yūkō [romanization], iukau [romanization], いうかう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Appears to be a learned borrowing from Chinese 友好 (yǒuhǎo). First cited to a text from 1900. Etymology templates: {{lbor|ja|zh|友好|nocap=1|sort=ゆうこう}} learned borrowing from Chinese 友好 (yǒuhǎo) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ゆうこう|hhira=いうかう}} 友(ゆう)好(こう) • (yūkō) ^(←いうかう (iukau)?)
  1. friendship, amity Synonyms: 親交, 親睦 Derived forms: 友好的 (yūkōteki) (ruby: 友好的(ゆうこうてき)) (english: friendly, amicable), 友好国 (yūkō koku) (ruby: 友好国(ゆうこうこく)) (english: a friendly nation), 友好条約 (yūkō jōyaku) (ruby: 友好条約(ゆうこうじょうやく)) (english: a friendship treaty, a treaty of amity)
    Sense id: en-友好-ja-noun-vC18cCP9 Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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      "form": "いうかう",
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        {
          "word": "親交"
        },
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          "word": "親睦"
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      "other": "ゆうこー"
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    }
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  ],
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      "english": "friendly, amicable",
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      "other": "ゆうこー"
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Download raw JSONL data for 友好 meaning in Japanese (3.9kB)

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