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共同体 (きょうどうたい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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活かつ
動どう
に
参さん
加か
する
。
I participate in local community activities.
The EU has developed as an economic community.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 共きょう 同どう 体たい を 形けい 成せい する for people to form a community
The immigrants formed a community in the new land.
共きょう 同どう 体たい に 属ぞく する to belong to a community
He belongs to that religious community.
共きょう 同どう 体たい を 維い 持じ する to maintain a community
Everyone cooperates to maintain the village community.
Related words 共同体 is the formal, often institutional term for a community, while コミュニティ is a loanword used for informal or interest-based groups such as online communities.
共同体 emphasizes close mutual ties and shared identity within a defined group, whereas 社会 refers more broadly to society at large without implying such close bonds.
共同体 implies a group bound by shared purpose or identity, while 集団 is a more neutral term for any assembled group, without that implication of unity.
Written forms 共きょう 同どう 体たい
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency news term.
協きょう 同どう 体たい
Rare variant emphasizing cooperation; 共同体 is overwhelmingly more common.
Etymology Compound of 共同 (きょうどう, 'joint, cooperative') and 体 (たい, 'body, entity'). The spelling 協同体 uses 協同 ('cooperation') and is a rare variant.
地ち 域いき 社しゃ 会かい
共同体 is a broader term for any community or collective, while 地域社会 specifically refers to a community tied to a geographic area.
