知ち友ゆう

noun

close friend; intimate friend

A literary or somewhat old-fashioned term for a close friend. In modern Japanese, 親友 or 友人 are far more common.

• 彼かれは私わたしの知ち友ゆうであり、長なが年ねんの付つき合あいだ。

  He is my close friend of many years.