友好

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Chinese

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friend good; well; be fond of
trad. (友好)
simp. #(友好)
anagram 好友

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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友好

  1. friendly; amicable
    友好協商友好协商  ―  yǒuhǎo xiéshāng  ―  amicable consultation

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Noun

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友好

  1. close friend
  2. friendship

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  • (close friend):
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  • (friendship):
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Derived terms

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
ゆう
Grade: 2
こう
Grade: 4
kan'on on'yomi

Appears to be a learned borrowing from Chinese 友好 (yǒuhǎo). First cited to a text from 1900.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ゆう)(こう) (yūkōいうかう (iukau)?

  1. [from 1900] friendship, amity
    Synonyms: 親交 (shinkō), 親睦 (shinboku)
    Antonym: 敵対 (tekitai, hostility, antipathy)
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
とも
Grade: 2
よし
Grade: 4
kun'yomi nanori

Compound of (tomo, friend) +‎ (yoshi, good). The kanji used for the yoshi reading is an example of jukujikun.

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Proper noun

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(とも)(よし) (Tomoyoshi

  1. a male given name

References

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  1. ^ 友好”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, →ISBN.
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN