友
N3とも tomo
- friend
- companion
- pal
noun
Chinese meanings
朋友;伙伴
Examples
- まさかの時の友こそ真の友。A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难之交才是真朋友。
- 彼には語り合う親しい友がいない。He has no close friends to talk with.他没有能交心的亲密朋友。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('8b4138b415'); // 友
{
"id": "8b4138b415",
"word": "友",
"reading": "とも",
"romaji": "tomo",
"meanings": [
"friend",
"companion",
"pal"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1539980,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "まさかの時の友こそ真の友。",
"furigana": "まさかの{時|とき}の{友|とも}こそ{真|しん}の{友|とも}。",
"en": "A friend in need is a friend indeed.",
"tatoeba_id": 195675
},
{
"ja": "彼には語り合う親しい友がいない。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}には{語|かた}り{合|あ}う{親|した}しい{友|とも}がいない。",
"en": "He has no close friends to talk with.",
"tatoeba_id": 118862
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "096bb624a47807a1fec9385ebaea0ca7cbf248f7b774d4170a25259708478f2f",
"meanings": [
"朋友",
"伙伴"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "まさかの時の友こそ真の友。",
"zh": "患难之交才是真朋友。"
},
{
"ja": "彼には語り合う親しい友がいない。",
"zh": "他没有能交心的亲密朋友。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/8b4138b415",
"JMdict ent_seq 1539980; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "ceb2a692a7e86bc293794425c6fec15a41ec4c66828ab17614fd4b4f5c423471"
}
}