Illustration: On a wooded walking trail outside a Japanese town, a small amateur hiking group pauses while one member struggles to pull a boot from a narrow gap between roots. One companion supports their elbow, another holds their backpack, and a third crouches to ease the boot free.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

仲なか間ま

nakama

companion, colleague

Example sentences

田中たなかさんは父ちちのつり仲間なかまの一人ひとりだ。
Mr. Tanaka is one of my father’s fishing companions.
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彼かれは会社かいしゃの仲間なかまです。
He works with me at the office.
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彼かれは私わたしの仕事しごと仲間なかまである。
He’s my workmate.
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Kanji in 仲間

仲go-between; relationshipOnチュウKunなか
間space; intervalOnカン・ケンKunあいだ・ま・あい

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