仲（なか）
JLPT N4 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: relationship / terms
Example sentences
- 彼とはとても仲がいい。 — I'm on very good terms with him.
- けんかして、仲が悪くなった。 — We had a fight and our relationship soured.
Idioms & proverbs containing “仲”
- 犬猿の仲 (けんえんのなか) — like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; relationship of dogs and monkeys
- 親しき仲にも礼儀あり (したしきなかにもれいぎあり) — good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
- 近しき仲にも垣を結え (ちかしきなかにもかきをゆえ) — good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
- 喧嘩するほど仲がいい (けんかするほどなかがいい) — the more (people) fight, the closer they are; those who quarrel most are often the best of friends
- 二人は伴侶、三人は仲間割れ (ふたりははんりょ、さんにんはなかまわれ) — two is a company, three is a crowd; one companion is better than two
- 勢力伯仲 (せいりょくはくちゅう) — (two sides) being evenly matched in influence or power
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