joint authorship; co-authorship; collaboration; joint work
Refers to the act of writing together or the resulting co-authored work. Common in academic and publishing contexts.
This paper is a joint work by two researchers.
She published a book in collaboration with a famous writer.
The paper I co-authored with Professor Tanaka was published.
I wrote this book jointly with her.
単著 is a work written by a single author, while 共著 is a work written jointly by multiple authors.
共著 means co-authorship by multiple writers, while 編著 refers to a work that combines editorial compilation with original writing, often by one main compiler.
coauthor; collaborator; joint author
Compound of 共 (きょう, 'together') and 著 (ちょ, 'writing' or 'work'). The reading is on'yomi.