仲間

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) なかま​ [nàkámáꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [na̠ka̠ma̠]

仲間 (hiragana なかま, rōmaji nakama)

1. companion

   旅 (たび)の仲 (なか)間 (ま) ― Tabi no Nakama ― The Travel Fellowship

   • 2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi; Yamada, Kotaro, “第だい40話わ　消きえない炎ほのお [Chapter 40: The Undying Flame]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], volume 5 (fiction), Jump Remix edition, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, pages 134–135:

     ゼフィール王 (おう)　僕 (ぼく)は負 (ま)けない　祖国 (リキア)で僕 (ぼく)らの勝 (しょう)利 (り)を願 (ねが)っている人 (ひと)達 (たち)のために　ともに笑 (わら)いともに泣 (な)き　ともに戦 (たたか)ってきた仲 (なか)間 (ま)達 (たち)のために　命 (いのち)を懸 (か)けて剣 (つるぎ)を託 (たく)してくれたアルのために‼

     Zefīru Ō boku wa makenai Rikia de bokura no shōri o negatte iru hito-tachi no tame ni Tomo ni warai tomo ni naki tomo ni tatakatte kita nakama-tachi no tame ni Inochi o kakete tsurugi o taku shite kureta Aru no tame ni‼

     King Zephiel, I will not lose. For all the people who are praying for our triumph in our homeland Lycia. For all the comrades with whom I’ve fought, with whom I’ve shared laughter and tears. And for Alle, who risked his life to get me with this sword‼

2. member of a group; peer; "one of us"

   みんな仲間 (なかま)だから ― minna nakama da kara ― because we're all together

   仲間 (なかま)の一人 (ひとり) ― nakama no hitori ― a part of the group

   仲間 (なかま)の死 (し) ― nakama no shi ― death of a peer

   仲間 (なかま)の選 (せん)手 (しゅ) ― nakama no senshu ― fellow athlete

   • 2010 October 24, Tsutsui, Taishi, “第21幕　無常の風 [Act 21: Uneasy Wind]”, in エスプリト [Esprit], volume 6 (fiction), Tokyo: Mag Garden, →ISBN, page 133–134:

     ヤン先 (せん)生 (せい)…わたしたち…仲 (なか)間 (ま)ですよね？

     Yan-sensei… watashi-tachi… nakama desu yo ne?

     Yan-sensei… are we… really friends?

3. gang

• のけ者 (もの) (nokemono), 仲間外 (なかまはず)れ (nakamahazure), ハブ (habu)