協きょう商しょう

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

agreement; accord

Formal term for a negotiated settlement or pact, often between nations or large organizations.

• 両りょう国こくは貿ぼう易えき協きょう商しょうを結むすんだ。

  The two countries concluded a trade agreement.

• 労ろう使し間かんで協きょう商しょうが成せい立りつした。

  An agreement was reached between labor and management.

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

entente; understanding

Specifically refers to a diplomatic entente or mutual understanding, often used in historical contexts like the Triple Entente.

• 三さん国ごく協きょう商しょうは第だい一いち次じ世せ界かい大たい戦せん前まえの国こく際さい関かん係けいを形かたち作づくった。

  The Triple Entente shaped international relations before World War I.