Reaching and attaining with 達
達 means reach or attain. In compounds, it also relates to delivery, communication, development, mastery, and groups of people.
Etymology
This kanji is a phono-semantic compound comprised of 辶 (movement along a road) and 羍 as the sound-bearing component.
People
人達 (People)
人達 means people or a group of people.
It combines 人 (person) with 達 (plural group) to show people as a group of persons.
After Shin’ichi was forced to take a deadly drug that instead shrank him back to a child, he took on the undercover name Conan and went to stay with his childhood friend Ran and her detective father in the hope of a lead to the black-clad men who drugged him. He later discusses with Professor Agasa about how useless Detective Mouri is. The professor reminds Conan that the poison was supposed to have killed him, so he can’t rush and let others know his true identity.
- コナン:
- 「オレだけじゃなく、オレのまわりの人達も危ないっていうんだろ？」
- “You're saying it won't be just me, but the people around me will be in danger too, right?”
- 「心配すんな！ちゃんと蘭にもおっちゃんにも、江戸川コナンでとおしてるよ！！」
- “Don't worry! I'm keeping up the Conan Edogawa act with Ran and the old man, too!!”
- “You're saying it won't be just me, but the people around me will be in danger too, right?”
私達 (We)
私達 means “we” or “us”, a group that includes the speaker.
It combines 私 (I) with 達 (pluralizing suffix) to show the group that includes me.
During training, Akari spots her company’s feline president, President Aria, sailing by in a small gondola. She instructs Aika to row the training gondola in the same direction, and the two follow him down an alley that’s normally gated from entry. The two lose sight of Aria and find themselves going in circles through flooded abandoned buildings. After some time, Aria’s gondola floats by.
- 灯里:
- 「よかったあぁーーーーー！ 私達 迷子になっちゃってたんですよぉ」
- “Oh, thank goooodness! We had gotten completely lost, you know!”
僕達 (We)
僕達 means “we” or “us” for a speaker who uses 僕 for “I”.
It combines 僕 (I; humble male self) with 達 (plural group) to show people including me.
Akari picks up a box containing glassware items for her to transport. One of the employees from the shop making the glassware takes the box from her to place in her gondola. After he does this a second time, Akari says she can help carry the boxes, but he refuses.
- 職人:
- 「このガラス達は親方が精魂込めて作った」
- “These pieces of glass were made with the maestro's heart and soul poured into them.”
- 「僕達職人の努力の結晶なんス」
- “They're the crystallization of our craftsmen's efforts.”
- “These pieces of glass were made with the maestro's heart and soul poured into them.”
友達 (Friend)
友達 means a friend or companion. Despite the suffix 達, it can refer to either one friend or several friends.
It combines 友 (friend) with 達 (group) to form the ordinary word for a friend.
Nako learns of Bocchi’s necessity to become friends with everyone in class.
- なこ:
- 「全員と友達かー」
- “Friends with the whole class, huh?”
- 「大丈夫なのかー？」
- “Will you be okay...?”
- “Friends with the whole class, huh?”
- ぼっち:
- 「わかんないでも頑張る！」
- “I don't know, but I'll try my best!”
Supply
配達 (Delivery)
配達 means the delivery of letters, packages, meals, or other items to a recipient or destination.
It combines 配 (distribute) with 達 (reach) to show distribution that reaches the recipient.
Takeru and Ayumu talk about now being in high school.
- 歩:
- 「ああ…バイトができるな」
- “Yeah, I can get a part-time job.”
- 「オレは牛乳配達をしようと思ってる」
- “I'm thinking of doing milk delivery.”
- “Yeah, I can get a part-time job.”