仲間
なかま · nakama · JLPT N3 · noun
company
🤝 仲 relations + 間 space between = the people inside your circle
仲 (naka) means the relations between people, as in 仲良し (nakayoshi, good friends). 間 (ma) is the space between things. Nakama are the people who share that space with you: teammates, colleagues, comrades.