友達

Japanese

Kanji in this term
友	達
とも Grade: 2	たち > だち Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 友 (tomo, “friend”) +‎ 達 (-tachi, pluralizing suffix).^[1][2] Originally plural, but also used in the singular sense in modern Japanese.^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ともだち [tòmódáchí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [to̞mo̞da̠t͡ɕi]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

友(とも)達(だち) • (tomodachi) 

1. friend

   Synonyms: 友 (tomo), 友人 (yūjin), (Tsugaru) けやぐ (keyagu), (Nagasaki) ちんぐ (chingu), ダチ, まぶだち, だち公

Derived terms

• 男(おとこ)友(とも)達(だち) (otokotomodachi, “boyfriend; male friend”)
• 女(おんな)友(とも)達(だち) (onnatomodachi, “girlfriend; female friend”)
• ダチ (dachi)

References

1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.