2006-12-01 10:34:02 · 6 answers · asked by jiminy crickett 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
kaonajimi, kouyuu, chijin, yuujin, tomodachi, guu all mean friend
2006-12-01 10:37:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are many ways to say friend in Japanese. As some other people have pointed out, tomodachi åé, is the most common. Yuujin å人 is another slightly more formal way and best friend is shinyuu 親å. If your PC can handle the characters you should notice that there is a common character in all three (I.e. å). This is the one that ultimately means friend. Stylistically and in poetry etc. tomo å, can be used alone but in regular speech it would be best to stick with tomodachi åé.
2006-12-02 11:33:59 · answer #2 · answered by Olly Octopus 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tomoodachi is friend in Japanese. You pronounce it as it looks unlike English where it's written different to the way it sounds. Japanese is you say it as it looks!
2006-12-01 18:37:53 · answer #3 · answered by Klingon Atheist 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
don't know japanese but in Chinese friend = pengyou
2006-12-01 22:29:10 · answer #4 · answered by chloe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tomodachi is my favorite word to use for "friend"
the literal symbols for it have the following:
1st kanji : people holding hands
2nd kanji : happiness over a road (a road to happiness)
the first one "tomo" has the same implication as friend and is acceptable by itself. i like using dachi with it as it describes more...
2006-12-01 22:44:53 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Tomodachi.
Best friend: Eugin
2006-12-01 18:35:59 · answer #6 · answered by AnarchyAlchemy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋