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友 : Friend

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Components:
又

friend

On 'yomi:
ユウ(yuu)
Kun 'yomi:
とも(tomo)
Nanori:
う(u) ど(do) ゆ(yu)
Strokes:4
Radical:又 (29)
Usage Rating:622
JLPT:N5
old JLPT:4
Grade:2
Unicode:053cb
jis208:45-7
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友 Usage examples

岳友会(がくゆうかい)mountaineering club
真の友(しんのとも)true friend
友人を訪ねる(ゆうじんをたずねる)to call on a friend
ヤリ友(やりとも)
やり友(やりとも)
遣り友(やりとも)
fuck buddy, someone with whom one is not romantically involved but frequently has sexual relations with anyway
ベル友(ベルとも)person with whom one communicates by pager
メル友(メールとも)
メール友(メールとも)
email friend, email penpal
女友達(おんなともだち)girlfriend, woman (lady) friend
友好関係(ゆうこうかんけい)(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between), (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
友愛会(ゆうあいかい)fraternal association, friendship society, fraternity
知己朋友(ちきほうゆう)intimate friends and acquaintances
益者三友(えきしゃさんゆう)There are three types of friends worth having--honest, sincere, and well-informed ones. (Confucius)
友達感覚(ともだちかんかく)feeling like friends, the feeling of friendship
不良交友(ふりょうこうゆう)getting mixed up with the wrong people, getting into bad company
心の友(こころのとも)kindred-spirit
男友達(おとこともだち)boyfriend, man friend
類は友を呼ぶ(るいはともをよぶ)birds of a feather flock together
霊友会(れいゆうかい)Reiyukai (Buddhist sect founded in 1919 as an offshoot of Nichiren Buddhism)
友禅菊(ゆうぜんぎく)Tartarian aster (Aster Novi-Belgii)