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共同 (きょうどう, kyoudou) Japanese meaning: cooperation | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 共同する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 共きょう 同どう する 共きょう 同どう しない Polite 共きょう 同どう します 共きょう 同どう しません Past polite 共きょう 同どう しました 共きょう 同どう しませんでした Past 共きょう 同どう した 共きょう 同どう しなかった Te-form 共きょう 同どう して 共きょう 同どう しないで Desire 共きょう 同どう したい 共きょう 同どう したくない Potential 共きょう 同どう できる 共きょう 同どう できない Passive 共きょう 同どう される 共きょう 同どう されない Causative 共きょう 同どう させる 共きょう 同どう させない Causative passive 共きょう 同どう させられる 共きょう 同どう させられない Volitional 共きょう 同どう しよう Polite volitional 共きょう 同どう しましょう Imperative 共きょう 同どう しろ 共きょう 同どう するな Conditional 共きょう 同どう すれば 共きょう 同どう しなければ Tara conditional 共きょう 同どう したら 共きょう 同どう しなかったら
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The two companies are cooperating on the development of a new product.
We cleaned the room through joint effort.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 と 共きょう 同どう で 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something jointly with someone
The two scientists jointly developed a new drug.
共きょう 同どう 作さ 業ぎょう をする to carry out collaborative work
This project was completed through the team's collaborative work.
共きょう 同どう 声せい 明めい を 発はっ 表ぴょう する to issue a joint statement
The two countries issued a joint statement.
共きょう 同どう 生せい 活かつ を 送おく る to live a communal life
I'm living a communal life in the university dormitory.
Related words· 10 協力 emphasizes people pooling effort or help toward a task, while 共同 stresses acting together as a unified whole or sharing ownership.
連携 refers to separate parties coordinating or linking up (often organizations or systems), whereas 共同 implies a closer, more integrated joint effort.
共同 means doing something together in cooperation, while 合同 emphasizes that separate bodies actually combine into one joint arrangement or event.
共同 is the general word for 'joint' or 'cooperative' used for actions, ownership, or efforts, while 共立 refers specifically to institutions or facilities jointly established by multiple parties.
Show 6 more 共同 describes people doing something together or jointly (e.g. 共同作業), whereas 共通 describes a feature or attribute that happens to be the same across entities.
共同 is a native Japanese word for joint effort used in formal and general contexts, whereas コラボレーション specifically implies a creative or branded partnership.
共同 emphasizes doing something jointly with others (共同作業), whereas 共有 focuses on the state of something being shared.
Opposites 単独 means acting alone or independently, the direct opposite of 共同's sense of joint or shared action.
共同 means doing something jointly or collectively, the opposite of 単行's sense of acting or proceeding independently.
Don't confuse with 共同 (きょうどう) means 'joint' or 'shared' and is a common adjective/noun for collaboration, while 協同組合 uses the different kanji 協同 to name a specific cooperative organization.
共同 just means 'joint' or 'shared' in a neutral sense, whereas 共闘 specifically means joining forces to struggle or fight against something.
Word family· 86 Kyodo News; joint communications
community; collective; cooperative body
cooperation; collaboration; jointness
Written forms 共きょう 同どう Usage 87%
Standard kanji spelling for cooperation, joint action, and shared use. High frequency in news and general writing.
協きょう 同どう Usage 13%
Alternate kanji for cooperative action, often used in contexts like 協同組合 (cooperative association). Less common than 共同.
Etymology Sino-Japanese compound of 共 (together) and 同 (same). The spelling 協同 uses 協 (cooperate) for a similar meaning, but 共同 is far more common in modern usage.
共同 broadly means doing something jointly or sharing ownership, whereas 連帯 carries a stronger sense of moral or legal solidarity.
共同 implies doing something together or cooperating, whereas 共用 just means sharing the use of something without necessarily working together.
共同 is a neutral, businesslike term for joint action, whereas 二人三脚 stresses the intimate, step-by-step interdependence of the partners.
communal tap; shared water faucet
public bathing; public bath
Show 6 more public bath; communal bath
multipurpose underground utility conduit; common utility duct
party line
co-worker; partner; collaborator
unanimous cooperation; acting in complete accord
joint enterprise; joint venture
