Ohayo!

Good morning, friends! Ohayo, Tomodachi (友達)! Tomodachi means friend. Also, Nakama means partner, comrade, associate, or circle of friends (on Yahoo anyway).

I always thought the virtual pets "tamagotchis" were named after the word for friend, but it turns out they're not. This is what Bandai says - the name is a portmanteau combining the Japanese word "たまご" (tamago) which means "egg", and the English word "watch" (as in timepiece). Consequently, the name is romanized as "Tamagotch" without the "i" in Japan.