[しんゆう, shinyuu] (n) close friend; bosom (old, intimate) friend; buddy; crony; chum; (P) #5464
[あう, au] (v5u, vi) (1) (逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos; 遭う may have an undesirable nuance) to meet; to encounter; (2) (uk) (esp. 遭う when in kanji) to have an accident; to have a bad experience; (P) #11591
[まぶだち(まぶ達);マブだち(マブ達);マブダチ, mabudachi ( mabu tachi ); mabu dachi ( mabu tachi ); mabudachi] (n) (col) true friend; close friend
[かんをつうずる, kanwotsuuzuru] (exp, vz) to communicate secretly; to form a close friendship
[さいくん, saikun] (n) (1) one's wife (when speaking with a close friend); (2) your wife (when speaking with a junior)
[しんこう, shinkou] (n) close friendship
[すいぎょのまじわり, suigyonomajiwari] (n) close friendship; intimate friendship
[だいしんゆう, daishinyuu] (n) best friend; close friend
[だんきん, dankin] (n) close friendship (i.e. strong enough to cut metal)
[ちいん, chiin] (n) exceptionally close friend
[なかよし, nakayoshi] (n, adj-na) intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum; (P)
[なかよしこよし, nakayoshikoyoshi] (n) (See 仲良し) intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
[おなじかまのめしをくう, onajikamanomeshiwokuu] (exp, v5u) to have lived together; to be close friends; to eat out of the same pot