一いっ緒しょ

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Meanings

Most often used adverbially as 一緒に, meaning that people do something together or that someone is accompanied by another person.

週しゅう末まつ、一いっ緒しょに映えい画がを見みに行いこう。
Let's go see a movie together this weekend.
祖そ母ぼは私わたしたちと一いっ緒しょに住すんでいる。
My grandmother lives with us.

noun

one lump; one mixture; the same category

Used especially in patterns such as 一緒にする, meaning to mix things together or lump different people or things into one group.

燃もえるごみと燃もえないごみを一いっ緒しょにしないでください。
Please don't mix burnable and non-burnable trash together.
彼かれと私わたしを一いっ緒しょにしないで。
Don't lump me together with him.

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

the same; identical

Used as a noun or の-adjective for things that are the same, such as dates, places, opinions, or items of the same kind. 同じ is the more general equivalent.

私わたしたちは誕たん生じょう日びが一いっ緒しょです。
We have the same birthday.
友ともだちと一いっ緒しょの靴くつを買かった。
I bought the same shoes as my friend.

noun

at the same time; simultaneously

Usually adverbial as 〜と一緒に or 〜のと一緒に, indicating that two events happen at the same time; 同時に is a more explicit or formal equivalent.

ベルが鳴なるのと一いっ緒しょにドアが閉しまった。
The door closed as the bell rang.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉と一いっ緒しょに〈動どう詞し〉to do something together with someone
友とも達だちと一いっ緒しょに映えい画がを見みた。
I watched a movie together with my friend.
〈物もの〉と一いっ緒しょに〈物もの〉を送おくるto send one thing along with another
プレゼントと一いっ緒しょに手て紙がみを送おくった。
I sent a letter along with the present.
〈人ひと〉と〈事こと〉が一いっ緒しょだto be the same as someone in some respect (e.g. birthday, opinion)
彼かの女じょと誕たん生じょう日びが一いっ緒しょだ。
My birthday is the same as hers.
〈事こと〉のと一いっ緒しょに〈事こと〉at the same time as something happens
電でん話わが鳴なったのと一いっ緒しょに子こ供どもが泣なき出だした。
The baby started crying at the same time the phone rang.

Expressions

一いっ緒しょにするdo together; do something jointly · put together; lump together; mix; join · regard in the same light; put in the same category; confuse · arrange for (two people) to marry; bring together as a couple
一いっ緒しょになるcome together; join; merge; meet up · get married; become a married couple
味み噌そも糞くそも一いっ緒しょlumping good and bad together; treating everything as the same
糞くそも味み噌そも一いっ緒しょlumping good and bad together; not distinguishing between good and bad; mixing the worthy with the worthless
盆ぼんと正しょう月がつが一いっ緒しょに来きたようas if two great things happened at once; as if Christmas and one's birthday came together

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
緒thong, beginning, inception

Related words

同おなじN5sense 3
同じ is the general word for 'the same', while 一緒 often adds the sense of being together or grouped as one.
ともにN3sense 1
共に is a more formal, written way to say 'together' compared to the everyday 一緒に.
同どう時じに sense 4
同時に explicitly and formally means 'at the same time', whereas 一緒に can express simultaneity more casually.

Opposites

別べつ々べつN4sense 1
別々 means 'separately', the direct opposite of doing or being 一緒 (together).

Politeness

ご一いっ緒しょhumble 謙譲語sense 1
ご一緒 is the polite/humble form of 一緒 used when offering or describing accompanying someone, as in ご一緒します.

Don't confuse with

同おなじN5
一緒 means 'together (with someone)' or 'doing something jointly', while 同じ means the things themselves are identical, so learners often mix up 同じ本 (an identical book) with 一緒に本を読む (reading a book together).

Word family

一いっ緒しょくた
jumble; hodgepodge; mixed together
一いっ緒しょにN5
together (with) · at the same time · in one lump; in the same category
ご一いっ緒しょ
together (honorific)
一いっ緒しょくたに
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up

Written forms

一いっ緒しょUsage81%
Standard common kanji spelling, strongly high priority.
いっしょUsage19%
Kana spelling is a practical everyday variant, especially in casual, child-facing, or learner-facing writing.
一いっしょUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Attested search-only mixed spelling; useful for lookup but not a normal recommended spelling.

Etymology

Written with 一 meaning 'one' and 緒, a character associated with a cord, tie, or connection; the spelling conventionally reflects being in one shared state, group, or connection.