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The name Old Friend in Chinese / Japanese...

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Best Friends / Buddies

 qīn yǒu
 shin yuu
Best Friends / Buddies Scroll

親友 is the Japanese way to say “best friend.”

The first character can mean “relative” or sometimes “parents.” The second character means “friend.” Think about the close relationship that Japanese people have with their parents and relatives, and this starts to mean “close friends.”

Some Japanese-English dictionaries also translate this as “bosom friend,” “old friend,” “intimate friend,” “buddy,” “crony” or “chum.”

Note that in Chinese, this means “relatives and friends.” It's a good meaning in Chinese, but it's not quite the same as “best friends.”

Friend / Friendship

 péng
 tomo
 
Friend / Friendship Scroll

朋 is a simple way to say friend, companion, comrade, or pal in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, or old Korean Hanja.

朋 is a very short form, so a longer two-character word for friendship might be better.

Note: In Japanese, this can also be the female given name, Yukari.

Kindness and Forgiving Nature

 rén shù
 jinjo
Kindness and Forgiving Nature Scroll

仁恕 is a word in Chinese and Japanese that means something like benevolence with magnanimity or kindness with a forgiving nature.

If this describes you, then you are the type of person that I would like to call my friend.

This may not be the most common word in daily use, but it's old enough that it transcended cultures from China to Japan in the 5th century when Japan lacked a written language and absorbed Chinese characters and words into their language.
Note: 仁恕 is not commonly used in Korean.




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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your old friend search...

Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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    gu4
ku
 yue
    ゆえ
happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead
(adv,n) (kana only) reason; cause; circumstances
Old, of old; from of old; cause; purposely; to die; tr. pūrva.

世伯

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shì bó
    shi4 bo2
shih po
uncle (affectionate name for a friend older than one's father); old friend

故交

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gù jiāo
    gu4 jiao1
ku chiao
former acquaintance; old friend

故人

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gù rén
    gu4 ren2
ku jen
 kojin
    こじん
old friend; the deceased
(1) the deceased; the departed; (2) (dated) old friend; longtime acquaintance

故友

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gù yǒu
    gu4 you3
ku yu
old friend; deceased friend

旧人

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 furubito
    ふるびと
the deceased; old friend

旧友

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 kyuuyuu / kyuyu
    きゅうゆう
old friend; old pal

旧知

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 kyuuchi / kyuchi
    きゅうち
old friend; old acquaintance

旧識

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 kyuushiki / kyushiki
    きゅうしき
old friend

旧遊

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 kyuuyuu / kyuyu
    きゅうゆう
(1) former visit; (2) friend one used to play with; old friend

老友

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lǎo yǒu
    lao3 you3
lao yu
 rouyuu / royu
    ろうゆう
old friend; sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)
old friend; crony

舊交


旧交

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jiù jiāo
    jiu4 jiao1
chiu chiao
old friend; former acquaintance
See: 旧交

舊友


旧友

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jiù yǒu
    jiu4 you3
chiu yu
old friend
See: 旧友

舊故


旧故

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jiù gù
    jiu4 gu4
chiu ku
old friend; former acquaintance
See: 旧故

舊知


旧知

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jiù zhī
    jiu4 zhi1
chiu chih
old acquaintance; former friend
See: 旧知

舊識


旧识

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jiù shí
    jiu4 shi2
chiu shih
former acquaintance; old friend

道舊


道旧

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dào jiù
    dao4 jiu4
tao chiu
 dōgu
An old monastic, or religious, friend.

雅故

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yǎ gù
    ya3 gu4
ya ku
old friend; correct interpretation

幼馴染

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 osananajimi
    おさななじみ
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

昔馴染

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 mukashinajimi
    むかしなじみ
old friend; familiar face

老朋友

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lǎo péng you
    lao3 peng2 you5
lao p`eng yu
    lao peng yu
old friend; (slang) period; menstruation

古馴染み

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 furunajimi
    ふるなじみ
old friend

回り合う

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 meguriau
    めぐりあう
(v5u,vi) to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

巡りあう

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 meguriau
    めぐりあう
(v5u,vi) to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

巡り会う

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 meguriau
    めぐりあう
(v5u,vi) to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

巡り合う

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 meguriau
    めぐりあう
(v5u,vi) to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

巡り逢う

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 meguriau
    めぐりあう
(v5u,vi) to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

幼なじみ

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 osananajimi
    おさななじみ
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

幼馴染み

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 osananajimi
    おさななじみ
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

廻り合う

see styles
 meguriau
    めぐりあう
(v5u,vi) to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Best Friends
Buddies
親友
亲友
shin yuu / shinyuu / shin yuqīn yǒu / qin1 you3 / qin you / qinyouch`in yu / chinyu / chin yu
Friend
Friendship
tomopéng / peng2 / pengp`eng / peng
Kindness and Forgiving Nature仁恕jinjorén shù / ren2 shu4 / ren shu / renshujen shu / jenshu
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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