Kanji友
Readingゆう
Frequency43%
Used in (98 in total)
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
friendly; amicable
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
old friend; old pal
friendly army; friendly troops; allied army
school friend
sworn friend
classmate; friend in the same class
undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
friend; companion; acquaintance; friendship; companionship
fraternity; friendship
friendship; friendly relations; fellowship
best friend; very close friend
friend; companion
colleague; workmate; comrade; coworker
yuzen (dyeing method or pattern); silk printed by the yuzen process
bosom friend; intimate friend; close friend
Friends of Constitutional Government Party (1900-1940)
friend; affection (for siblings)
friendly nation
(close) friend
friend's house; home of a friend
alumni association
association; club; friends of ...
one's esteemed friend
day that is lucky in the morning and evening but unlucky around noon, when one's luck affects others (in the traditional calendar)
political friend; friend with the same political views
among one's friends
friendship; amity; companionship
schoolmate; alumnus
guest appearance in a film or play through a friend; special appearance
Friends of Constitutional Government Party (1900-1940)
colleague; company friend
old friend; crony
deceased friend
philharmonic society; society of the friends of music
hemophilia; haemophilia
(haiku) poetry pals
type of dyeing method or pattern; silk printed by the Yuzen process
a friend is a good thing to have; a good friend is a great blessing
allied political party
fraternal association; friendship society; fraternity
teachers and friends; greatly respected friend (with much to teach one); friend who is greatly respected (as one's teacher)
hunting companion
mate's rate; preferential rate of payment offered to a friend
sick friend; fellow patient
good friend
Kyoyuzen dyeing; Kyoto printed silk
students' association; alumni association
intimate friends and acquaintances
neighbourly friendship; neighborly friendship
the three friends of winter (pine, bamboo and plum)
one's friend in poetry
good friend; useful friend
Japan Association of Corporate Executives
male homosexual relations; homosexual male partner
three kinds of beneficial friends: straightforward, sincere, and well-informed ones
sister city; twin town
friendship's responsibilities
bad friend; friend with disadvantages
friends from the same hometown
fellow party member; friend of the party; party supporter; party sympathizer
three kinds of harmful friends: hypocritical, sycophantic, and glib-talking ones
Reiyukai (Buddhist sect founded in 1919 as an offshoot of Nichiren Buddhism)
by reading books you can count the wise philosophers of the past as friends
Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries
Japan Medical Device Industry Excutives Association
DongWoo Animation Ltd.
Society of Friends; Quakers
getting mixed up with the wrong people; getting into bad company
social organisation for people originating from the same town, village, or island who live in an urban center far from home (predominantly used by people from Okinawa)
mountaineering club
Kyoyukai (Hyogo-based yakuza syndicate)
(treaty of) friendship, commerce and navigation
friend who gives frank advice; critical friend
Seiyū; Seiyu corporation
Tartarian aster (Aster Novi-Belgii)
three kinds of harmful friends: hypocritical, sycophantic, and glib-talking ones
three kinds of beneficial friends: straightforward, sincere, and well-informed ones