なかま
Meanings
Noun
1. companion; fellow; friend; mate; comrade; partner; colleague; coworker; associate
2. group; company; circle; set; gang
3. member of the same category (family, class)
Pitch accent
かま
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Composed of
relation; relationship
time; pause; space; room
Used in vocabulary (22 in total)
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
being left out; being ostracized
joining a group
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
feeling of fellowship; fellow feeling
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
to add to one's circle of friends (or colleagues, etc.); to take in; to accept
to add to one's circle of friends (or colleagues, etc.); to take in; to accept
same group; same gang
drinking companion
business partner; business associate; fellow trader
gang of hoodlums (hooligans); bad company; companion in gang activities
merchant guild entrusted by the shogunate to manage its respective trade (Edo period)
mutual admiration; logrolling
being popular among one's companions
group (gang) of naughty (mischievous) boys
trade price
fellow servant
companion in one's pleasures; companion in hobby activities
Examples (17 in total)
Will you join us?
My companions were all asleep.
He is a partner in crime.