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親友 is the Japanese way to say “best friend.”
The first character can mean “relative” or sometimes “parents.” The second character means “friend.” Think about the close relationship that Japanese people have with their parents and relatives, and this starts to mean “close friends.”
Some Japanese-English dictionaries also translate this as “bosom friend,” “old friend,” “intimate friend,” “buddy,” “crony” or “chum.”
Note that in Chinese, this means “relatives and friends.” It's a good meaning in Chinese, but it's not quite the same as “best friends.”
朋 is a simple way to say friend, companion, comrade, or pal in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, or old Korean Hanja.
朋 is a very short form, so a longer two-character word for friendship might be better.
Note: In Japanese, this can also be the female given name, Yukari.
仁恕 is a word in Chinese and Japanese that means something like benevolence with magnanimity or kindness with a forgiving nature.
If this describes you, then you are the type of person that I would like to call my friend.
This may not be the most common word in daily use, but it's old enough that it transcended cultures from China to Japan in the 5th century when Japan lacked a written language and absorbed Chinese characters and words into their language.
Note: 仁恕 is not commonly used in Korean.
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your old friend search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
故 see styles |
gù gu4 ku yue ゆえ |
happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead (adv,n) (kana only) reason; cause; circumstances Old, of old; from of old; cause; purposely; to die; tr. pūrva. |
世伯 see styles |
shì bó shi4 bo2 shih po |
uncle (affectionate name for a friend older than one's father); old friend |
故交 see styles |
gù jiāo gu4 jiao1 ku chiao |
former acquaintance; old friend |
故人 see styles |
gù rén gu4 ren2 ku jen kojin こじん |
old friend; the deceased (1) the deceased; the departed; (2) (dated) old friend; longtime acquaintance |
故友 see styles |
gù yǒu gu4 you3 ku yu |
old friend; deceased friend |
旧人 see styles |
furubito ふるびと |
the deceased; old friend |
旧友 see styles |
kyuuyuu / kyuyu きゅうゆう |
old friend; old pal |
旧知 see styles |
kyuuchi / kyuchi きゅうち |
old friend; old acquaintance |
旧識 see styles |
kyuushiki / kyushiki きゅうしき |
old friend |
旧遊 see styles |
kyuuyuu / kyuyu きゅうゆう |
(1) former visit; (2) friend one used to play with; old friend |
老友 see styles |
lǎo yǒu lao3 you3 lao yu rouyuu / royu ろうゆう |
old friend; sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty) old friend; crony |
舊交 旧交 see styles |
jiù jiāo jiu4 jiao1 chiu chiao |
old friend; former acquaintance See: 旧交 |
舊友 旧友 see styles |
jiù yǒu jiu4 you3 chiu yu |
old friend See: 旧友 |
舊故 旧故 see styles |
jiù gù jiu4 gu4 chiu ku |
old friend; former acquaintance See: 旧故 |
舊知 旧知 see styles |
jiù zhī jiu4 zhi1 chiu chih |
old acquaintance; former friend See: 旧知 |
舊識 旧识 see styles |
jiù shí jiu4 shi2 chiu shih |
former acquaintance; old friend |
道舊 道旧 see styles |
dào jiù dao4 jiu4 tao chiu dōgu |
An old monastic, or religious, friend. |
雅故 see styles |
yǎ gù ya3 gu4 ya ku |
old friend; correct interpretation |
幼馴染 see styles |
osananajimi おさななじみ |
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate |
昔馴染 see styles |
mukashinajimi むかしなじみ |
old friend; familiar face |
老朋友 see styles |
lǎo péng you lao3 peng2 you5 lao p`eng yu lao peng yu |
old friend; (slang) period; menstruation |
古馴染み see styles |
furunajimi ふるなじみ |
old friend |
回り合う see styles |
meguriau めぐりあう |
(v5u,vi) to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across |
巡りあう see styles |
meguriau めぐりあう |
(v5u,vi) to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across |
巡り会う see styles |
meguriau めぐりあう |
(v5u,vi) to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across |
巡り合う see styles |
meguriau めぐりあう |
(v5u,vi) to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across |
巡り逢う see styles |
meguriau めぐりあう |
(v5u,vi) to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across |
幼なじみ see styles |
osananajimi おさななじみ |
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate |
幼馴染み see styles |
osananajimi おさななじみ |
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate |
廻り合う see styles |
meguriau めぐりあう |
(v5u,vi) to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Best Friends Buddies | 親友 亲友 | shin yuu / shinyuu / shin yu | qīn yǒu / qin1 you3 / qin you / qinyou | ch`in yu / chinyu / chin yu |
Friend Friendship | 朋 | tomo | péng / peng2 / peng | p`eng / peng |
Kindness and Forgiving Nature | 仁恕 | jinjo | rén shù / ren2 shu4 / ren shu / renshu | jen shu / jenshu |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
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