同どう 士し Fellow members; among themselves 同どう 士し
Where it fits Neutral Spoken Written
Common in both conversation and writing. The shared category or relationship should be meaningful in context; this is not simply a general plural ending.
Shared membership and mutual relationships The noun before 同どう 士し
What the members share These examples move from a pair to a larger group and from a shared relationship to a shared situation.
二人ふたり はとも だち どう し
The two of them are friends.
The point is the relationship between the two people, not merely that both are friends with someone.
しょ たい めん どう し 最さい 初しょ は会かい 話わ が少すこ しぎこちなかった。
Since they were meeting each other for the first time, the conversation was a little awkward at first.
りゅう がく せい どう し 集あつ まって、生せい 活かつ 上じょう の悩なや みを話はな し合あ った。
The international students gathered and discussed difficulties in their daily lives.
This can describe any number of international students; it does not imply exactly two.
Using the whole expression as a noun Once formed, the entire expression behaves like a noun. It can take particles, or it can be followed by の
Relations among the members がく せい どう し こう りゅう 増ふ やすため、月つき に一いち 度ど イベントを開ひら いている。
We hold an event once a month to increase interaction among students.
となり どう し 協きょう 力りょく して、庭にわ の落お ち葉ば を片かた づけた。
The neighbors worked together to clear away the fallen leaves in their yards.
Attach it directly Do not place の 同どう 士し 学がく 生せい 同どう 士し 学がく 生せい の 同どう 士し の 学がく 生せい 同どう 士し の 交こう 流りゅう
Not just a plural or companion marker たち と 同どう 士し
田た 中なか さんは先さき に帰かえ りました。
Mr. Tanaka and the others went home early.
This only identifies a group; it says nothing about a mutual relationship within it.
田た 中なか さんと森もり さんはどう りょう どう し
Mr. Tanaka and Ms. Mori are colleagues.
Here the suffix explicitly characterizes the relationship between the two people.
More examples 年ねん 齢れい の近ちか いしゃ いん どう し 新あたら しい企き 画かく について話はな し合あ った。
Employees of similar ages discussed the new project among themselves.
同おな じ趣しゅ 味み を持も つもの どう し 話はなし が合あ った。
As people who shared the same hobby, they immediately hit it off.
こ どう し 大人おとな がすぐ口くち を出だ す必ひつ 要よう はない。
Adults do not need to interfere immediately in a quarrel between children.
おや こ どう し 参さん 加か できる料りょう 理り 教きょう 室しつ を開ひら きます。
We will hold a cooking class that parent-child groups can attend together.
どう し 互たが いの健けん 闘とう をたたえた。
The rivals praised each other's efforts.
せん もん か どう し 問もん 題だい については意い 見けん が分わ かれている。
Even among specialists, opinions are divided on this issue.
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