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仲間を語らって (なかまをかたらって) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

仲なか間まを語かたらって

Meanings

1

together with one's companions; with one's group

Fixed expression meaning 'together with one's close associates or group'. Often used in contexts of collective action or shared experience.

彼かれは仲なか間まを語かたらって新あたらしい店みせを始はじめた。
He started a new shop together with his companions.

Kanji

仲go-between, relationship
間interval, space
語word, speech, language

Etymology

The expression is composed of 仲間 (nakama, 'companion') + を (object marker) + 語らって (kataratte, the te-form of 語らう, 'to associate with, to get together with'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it functions as a set phrase.