共きょう存ぞん

also: きょうそん

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

共存する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Used for different things, people, or ideas existing together without conflict, often in ecological, social, or abstract contexts.

〈人ひと〉と共きょう存ぞんするto coexist with (a group of) people
この町まちでは様さま々ざまな民みん族ぞくが共きょう存ぞんしている。
Various ethnic groups coexist in this town.
自し然ぜんと共きょう存ぞんするto coexist with nature
人にん間げんは自し然ぜんと共きょう存ぞんしていくべきだ。
Humans should coexist with nature.
〈事こと〉と共きょう存ぞんするto coexist with (an abstract condition, e.g. risk)
私わたしたちはウイルスと共きょう存ぞんする覚かく悟ごを持もつ必ひつ要ようがある。
We need to be prepared to coexist with the virus.
共きょう存ぞんを図はかるto seek/aim for coexistence
両りょう国こくは平へい和わ的てきな共きょう存ぞんを図はかっている。
The two countries are seeking peaceful coexistence.

共きょう生せい
共生 implies a closer, often mutually beneficial living together (symbiosis), while 共存 simply means existing together without necessarily interacting.
併へい存ぞん
併存 is a more formal, written term for two or more things (systems, laws, versions) existing simultaneously, while 共存 is broader and often used for people, cultures, or living things coexisting peacefully.
両りょう立りつN2
両立 focuses on two abstract things like goals or roles being compatible without contradiction, while 共存 emphasizes different entities (often people, groups, or organisms) existing together in the same space or time.
並へい立りつ
共存 emphasizes things living or existing together harmoniously, while 並立 simply describes standing side by side without necessarily implying harmony.
共きょう栄えい
共存 means simply coexisting side by side without conflict, while 共栄 goes further to mean thriving together in prosperity.

共とも倒だおれ
共存 means multiple parties surviving and coexisting side by side, the opposite of 共倒れ where they all collapse together.

共存Usage100%
- きょうぞん
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading きょうぞん is the most common.
- きょうそん
  Alternate reading; less common than きょうぞん.
きょうそん

From 共 (together) + 存 (exist). The reading きょうぞん is a standard on'yomi compound.