意気投合

いきとうごう

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding

Kanji

• 意 mind. Read as イ.
• 気 spirit. Read as いき.
• 投 throw. Read as トウ.
• 合 fit. Read as ゴウ.

Example sentences

• 飲み屋で隣り合わせた奴と意気投合しちゃってさ、朝まで飲んじゃったよ。
  I got along so well with the guy sitting next to me at the pub that we ended up drinking together till dawn.
• 私と彼とはすっかり意気投合している。
  He and I are kindred spirits.

Word lists

• Yojijukugo (四字熟語)

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