親友 (しんゆう) — close friend

親友 is read しんゆう and listed as a noun. Meaning: close friend; bosom friend; buddy.

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Related words

Other words in the dictionary that share a kanji with 親友.

  • 親切 しんせつ kind
  • 近親 きんしん near relative
  • 懇親 こんしん friendship
  • 親愛 しんあい deep affection
  • 親衛 しんえい monarch's guards
  • 親子 おやこ parent and child
  • 親指 おやゆび thumb
  • 親父 おやじ one's father
  • 里親 さとおや foster parent
  • 親類 しんるい relative
  • 親善 しんぜん friendship
  • 親密 しんみつ intimacy