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仲間

JLPT N4 · N3 · Vocabulary

仲間 — “companion, fellow, colleague”

仲間 (read なかま) means companion, fellow, colleague. It appears on the JLPT N4 and N3 vocabulary list and is a noun.

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なかま

Meaning

companion, fellow, colleague

仲間 in a sentence

仕事しごとの仲間なかまと食事しょくじをしました。

I had a meal with my work colleagues.

The kanji in 仲間

仲relationship
間gap; interval of time/space

Words that share a kanji with 仲間

仲なか— relationship, terms (between people)
仲直りなかなおり— reconciliation, making up
仲良しなかよし— good friends, being close, on good terms
時間じかん— time
～時間～じかん— ~ hours
～週間～しゅうかん— ~ weeks
間に合うまにあう— to be in time, to make it in time
間違うまちがう— to make a mistake, to be mistaken

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