Prefix attached to nouns, especially dates, people, companies, schools, and other referents. It can mean 'the same ...' or, in formal and news-style writing, 'the said/aforementioned ...'.
The two graduated from university in the same year.
山田電機は新製品を発表し、同社の株価は上がった。
Yamada Electric announced a new product, and the company's stock price rose.
unclassified
Terse written use in lists, tables, forms, and similar contexts, indicating that the item is the same as the one just mentioned. This is not the normal spoken word for 'likewise'.
名簿では、二人目の所属欄が「同」になっていた。
In the roster, the second person's affiliation field said 'same as above.'
Mr. Yamada stepped down last month; a successor for him has not yet been decided.
The company moved its headquarters to Osaka and also plans to build a new factory in that same city.
The meeting was held on the 3rd, and the results were announced that same day.
agreement; consent; approval · same opinion; same view · same meaning
coworker; colleague
the same person; the person in question · coterie; clique; group of like-minded people · doujin; fan-made works; self-published creative group
same time; simultaneously · simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
alliance; union; league
the same company; the said firm · the same shrine; the said shrine
same period; corresponding period · same cohort; person who joined or graduated in the same year; classmate · synchronization; syncing
accompanying; going together; traveling with · the same bank; the said bank
combination; joining; merger · joint; combined; shared · congruence; congruent
sympathy; compassion; pity
equal; equivalent; same level
identical; same; one and the same · equal; fair; without discrimination
living together; cohabitation
homosexuality; homosexual love
like-mindedness; shared sentiment; same mind · comrade; fellow; kindred soul
the same day
approval; endorsement; agreement
that year; the same year · the same age
same sex
just like; no different from; as good as
confuse; mix up; conflate
cohabitation; living together
conformity; agreement; sympathy; going along with · tuning; synchronization · same tone; same pitch
all present; everyone; all of us
same feeling; agreement; sympathy
tie; draw; deadlock; same score
same name; of the same name · homonym