Meanings

friend

good friend

friend

three kinds of beneficial friends: straightforward, sincere, and well-informed ones

three kinds of harmful friends: hypocritical, sycophantic, and glib-talking ones

association

chocolate given to a friend (on Valentine's day)

yuzen (dyeing method or pattern)

sister-city relationship

flocking plovers

friends from the same hometown

social organisation for people originating from the same town, village, or island who live in an urban center far from home (predominantly used by people from Okinawa)

association

philharmonic society

friend of a mother who is also a mother

male homosexual relations

best friend

friend's house

by reading books you can count the wise philosophers of the past as friends

real-life friend (as opposed to online friend)