Illustration: Two friends sit shoulder to shoulder on the floor of a small Japanese apartment after one has had a miserable day. The upset friend cries openly while accepting a tissue; the other rests a reassuring hand on their shoulder and quietly offers an already opened packet of their favorite crackers.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

親しん友ゆう

shin'yuu

close friend

Example sentences

トムとフランクは親友しんゆうだ。
Tom and Frank are good friends.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼女かのじょは私わたしの親友しんゆうです。
She is a good friend of mine.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼かれは僕ぼくの親友しんゆうだ。
He is my close friend.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 親友

親parent; intimacyOnシンKunおや・おや-・したしい
友friendOnユウKunとも

A word like this on every new tab

The Bebop Chrome extension shows one illustrated Japanese word each time you open a new tab in Chrome, with its reading, meaning, kanji and three example sentences. Choose any mix of levels from N5 to beyond N1. It’s free, with no account.

The Bebop new tab showing 音楽, music, over an illustration of a family playing music at home, with three example sentences

Add to Chrome Free on the Chrome Web Store

For Chrome on a computer. See it on the Chrome Web Store