共きょう通つう

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共通する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', na-adjective, noun

Describes something held in common, shared among multiple parties, or applicable to all. Used as a noun, no-adjective, or na-adjective.

be common to; be shared by

Intransitive suru-verb usage: something is common to or shared by multiple entities. Often used with に or で.

-wide; common to all

Suffix attached to nouns indicating something is common or applicable throughout that scope. Often translated as '-wide'.

〈人ひと〉と〈事こと〉が共きょう通つうするto have something (e.g. an interest) in common with someone
私わたしは彼かの女じょと趣しゅ味みが共きょう通つうしている。
I have the same hobbies as her.
〈人ひと〉共きょう通つうの〈物もの〉something shared/common to a group of people
これは私わたしたち共きょう通つうの目もく標ひょうです。
This is a goal common to all of us.
〈物もの〉に共きょう通つうする〈点てん〉a point/feature common to a set of things
これらの作さく品ひんに共きょう通つうする点てんは何なんですか。
What is the common point among these works?
〈場ば所しょ〉共きょう通つうの〈物もの〉something common throughout a whole region/scope, -wide
世せ界かい共きょう通つうの言げん語ごが英えい語ごだと言いわれている。
English is said to be a language common to the whole world.

共きょう有ゆうN1sense 1
共有 emphasizes the act of sharing something (e.g. information, resources) among people, while 共通 emphasizes the state of a trait or thing being the same across multiple parties.
共きょう同どうN2sense 1
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.
普ふ遍へん的てき
共通 describes something shared by multiple specific things or people, whereas 普遍的 suggests a truth or quality holding across all cases without exception.

個こ別べつN1sense 1
個別 means treated individually or separately, the opposite of 共通's sense of applying to all or being shared.
相そう違いN2sense 1
相違 means a difference between things, the opposite of 共通's meaning of sameness or shared traits.
固こ有ゆうN1
共通 describes a trait shared across multiple things, the opposite of 固有, which describes a trait belonging uniquely to one thing.

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特とく有ゆうN1
共通 describes something shared by many things or groups, the opposite of 特有, which describes something unique to just one.
独どく自じN1
独自 means original or unique to one person or thing, while 共通 means shared or common among multiple things.

共きょう通つう点てんN3
共通 is an adjective/noun meaning 'common' or 'shared' in general, while 共通点 specifically means a shared point or feature that can be counted or listed.

共きょう通つう点てんN3
common point; shared feature
共きょう通つう語ごN1
common language; lingua franca · standard language; national standard variety
共きょう通つう化か
standardization; making common
共きょう通つう性せい
commonality; shared characteristics
共きょう通つう線せん
common channel

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From 共 (together) + 通 (pass through, communicate). The combination conveys the idea of something passing through or being applicable to all together.