友人  は英語で
companion

英語の定義

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friend
1. 名詞. 友達ともだち、友人。
2. 名詞. 交際している異性。恋人。ボーイフレンド又はガールフレンド。
3. 名詞. 同盟者、協力者、味方。
4. 名詞. 知り合い。知己。(特に、a friend又はa friend of a friend)匿名者。
5. 名詞. 支持者、応援者。
6. 名詞. （比喩）よく使うもの。
Google is your friend.
7. 名詞. (口語) （知らない人に向かって）呼びかけの時に使う言葉。
You'd better watch it, friend.
8. 動詞. 友人として振舞う。

Friend
1. n. A Quaker; a member of the Society of Friends.
2. n. (rock-climbing) (Brand name of) a spring-loaded camming device. Now used (often without initial capital) to refer to any such device.
3. n. A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
John and I have been friends ever since we were roommates at college.   Trust is important between friends.   I used to find it hard to make friends when I was shy.
4. n. A boyfriend or girlfriend.
5. n. An associate who provides assistance.
The Automobile Association is every motorist's friend.   The police is every law-abiding citizen's friend.
6. n. A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted
a friend of a friend;  I added him as a friend on Facebook, but I hardly know him.
7. n. A person who backs or supports something.
I’m not a friend of cheap wine.
8. n. (informal) An object or idea that can be used for good.
Wiktionary is your friend.
9. n. (colloquial, ironic, used only in the vocative) Used as a form of address when warning someone.
You’d better watch it, friend.
10. n. (object-oriented programming) A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.
11. n. (climbing) A spring-loaded camming device.
12. n. (obsolete) A paramour of either sex.
13. n. (Scotland, obsolete) A relative.
14. v. (transitive, obsolete) To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be friendly to, to help.
15. v. To add (a person) to a list of friends on a social networking site; to officially designate (someone) as a friend.

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