竹馬の友
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 竹 | 馬 | 友 |
| ちく Grade: 1 |
ば Grade: 2 |
とも Grade: 2 |
| kan’on | kun’yomi | |
Etymology[edit]
From 竹馬 (chikuba, “bamboo horse; childhood”) + の (no, attributive particle) + 友 (tomo, “friend”). Cognate to Korean 죽마고우 (jungmagou). Compare Chinese 青梅竹馬／青梅竹马 (qīngméizhúmǎ, “childhood sweethearts”, literally “green plums and bamboo horse”).
Noun[edit]
竹馬の友 • (chikuba no tomo)
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 竹 read as ちく
- Japanese terms spelled with 馬 read as ば
- Japanese terms spelled with 友 read as とも
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with three Han script characters
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