加か担たん

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加担する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	加か担たんする	加か担たんしない
Polite	加か担たんします	加か担たんしません
Past polite	加か担たんしました	加か担たんしませんでした
Past	加か担たんした	加か担たんしなかった
Te-form	加か担たんして	加か担たんしないで
Desire	加か担たんしたい	加か担たんしたくない
Potential	加か担たんできる	加か担たんできない
Passive	加か担たんされる	加か担たんされない
Causative	加か担たんさせる	加か担たんさせない
Causative passive	加か担たんさせられる	加か担たんさせられない
Volitional	加か担たんしよう
Polite volitional	加か担たんしましょう
Imperative	加か担たんしろ	加か担たんするな
Conditional	加か担たんすれば	加か担たんしなければ
Tara conditional	加か担たんしたら	加か担たんしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

support; participation; complicity

Often implies taking part in something questionable or illegal, such as aiding a crime or supporting a dubious scheme. Can also be used neutrally for lending support to a cause or person.

彼かれは犯はん罪ざいに加か担たんしたとして逮たい捕ほされた。
He was arrested for complicity in the crime.
その政せい治じ家かは不ふ正せいな取とり引ひきに加か担たんしていた。
The politician was involved in the fraudulent deal.
彼かの女じょは友ゆう人じんの計けい画かくに喜よろこんで加か担たんした。
She willingly lent her support to her friend's plan.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に加か担たんするto be complicit in / take part in (something, often wrongdoing)
彼かれはその詐さ欺ぎ事じ件けんに加か担たんしたとして逮たい捕ほされた。
He was arrested for being complicit in the fraud case.
〈人ひと〉に加か担たんするto side with / lend support to someone
彼かの女じょは反はん対たい派はに加か担たんすることにした。
She decided to side with the opposing faction.

Kanji

加add, addition, increase
担shouldering, carry, raise
荷baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden)

Related words

協きょう力りょくN3
協力 is neutral cooperation between people working toward a shared goal, while 加担 often implies joining in something questionable or illegal.
支し援えんN2
支援 is general, respectable support or backing for a person or cause, whereas 加担 can carry a negative nuance of complicity in wrongdoing.
共きょう謀ぼう
共謀 specifically means conspiring together to commit a crime, while 加担 more broadly covers joining or aiding an effort, not always with prior planning.
共きょう犯はん
加担 is a broader, more everyday word for taking part in something wrong, while 共犯 is the specific legal term for being a joint offender in a crime.
関かん与よN1
加担 specifically means taking part in or aiding a wrongdoing, while 関与 is neutral and can apply to legitimate or illegitimate involvement alike.

Don't confuse with

担たん当とうN3
担当 shares the kanji 担 with 加担 but means being in charge of a task, not siding with or aiding a cause.

Word family

加か担たん者しゃ
accomplice

Written forms

加か担たんUsage82%
Standard kanji spelling. 加 means 'add' and 担 means 'carry/bear', together suggesting lending one's weight to something.
荷か担たんUsage18%
Variant kanji form using 荷 (load/burden). Less common than 加担.

Etymology

Compound of 加 (add) and 担 (carry, bear), literally 'to add one's burden'. The negative connotation likely developed from the idea of sharing responsibility for a misdeed.