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Meanings
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community; collective; cooperative body
Refers to a group of people or organizations bound by shared interests, goals, or identity. Can be a local community, an international cooperative, or an abstract collective. The core idea is shared participation and mutual ties.
I participate in local community activities.
The EU has developed as an economic community.
Usage patterns
- 〈人〉が共同体を形成するfor people to form a community
The immigrants formed a community in the new land.
- 共同体に属するto belong to a community
He belongs to that religious community.
- 共同体を維持するto maintain a community
Everyone cooperates to maintain the village community.
Expressions
- 運命共同体in the same boat; sharing a common destiny