同どう意い

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

agreement; consent; approval

Used for agreeing to an opinion, proposal, rule, contract, treatment, etc. As a する-verb, it is usually intransitive and commonly takes に: 提案に同意する.

• 利り用よう規き約やくに同どう意いする必ひつ要ようがあります。

  You need to agree to the terms of use.

• 手しゅ術じゅつには本ほん人にんの同どう意いが必ひつ要ようです。

  The patient's consent is required for the surgery.

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

same opinion; same view

Overlaps with the idea of agreeing, but emphasizes that one's view is the same as someone else's. Often used predicatively as 同意です or before a noun as 同意の.

• その点てんについては私わたしも同どう意いです。

  On that point, I am of the same opinion.

• 同どう意いの方かたは手てを挙あげてください。

  Those who share that view, please raise your hand.

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

same meaning

Lexical or semantic use, mostly seen in compounds and explanations such as 同意語; 同義 is also very common for 'same meaning' or 'synonymous'.

• 「開かい始し」と「スタート」は同どう意い語ごとして扱あつかわれることが多おおい。

  "Kaishi" and "start" are often treated as words with the same meaning.