仲間, なかま
1. companion, fellow, friend, mate, comrade, partner, colleague, coworker, associate
2. group, company, circle, set, gang
3. member of the same category (family, class)
田中さんは父のつり仲間の一人だ。
中間, 仲間, ちゅうげん
May take 'no'
samurai's attendant, footman
厳しさと甘さの中間を見つける。
が
Particle
1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
Conjunction
3. but, however, still, and
after the volitional form of a verb
4. regardless of, whether (or not)