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合意する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

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

Meanings

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

agreement; consent; mutual understanding

Refers to a state where parties share the same view or decision, often after discussion. Used in formal, legal, and everyday contexts.

両りょう社しゃは価か格かくについて合ごう意いに達たっした。
The two companies reached an agreement on the price.
その計けい画かくには全ぜん員いんが合ごう意いしている。
Everyone agrees on the plan.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉で合ごう意いするto reach agreement on something
両りょう国こくは停てい戦せんで合ごう意いした。
The two countries reached agreement on a ceasefire.
合意ごういに達たっするto arrive at an agreement
長ちょう時じ間かんの交こう渉しょうの末すえ、ようやく合ごう意いに達たっした。
After lengthy negotiations, they finally arrived at an agreement.
合ごう意いを得えるto obtain agreement (from someone)
計けい画かくを進すすめる前まえに全ぜん員いんの合ごう意いを得える必ひつ要ようがある。
We need to obtain everyone's agreement before proceeding with the plan.
〈相あい手て〉との合ごう意いan agreement with a certain party
労ろう働どう組くみ合あいとの合ごう意いが成せい立りつした。
An agreement with the labor union was reached.

Expressions

合ごう意いの上うえby mutual agreement; by mutual consent
合ごう意い形けい成せいconsensus building

Kanji

合fit, suit, join
意idea, mind, heart

Related words· 14

同どう意いN1
同意 means giving one's consent or approval to a proposal, while 合意 stresses that both parties reach the same understanding through discussion.
承しょう諾だくN2
承諾 is a formal acceptance of a specific request or offer by one side, whereas 合意 refers to a mutually reached agreement between parties.
協きょう定ていN1
協定 is a formal, often written pact or treaty between organizations or nations, while 合意 can describe any level of mutual agreement, formal or informal.
妥だ結けつN1
合意 is a general mutual agreement, while 妥結 specifically refers to a settlement reached after negotiation and compromise.

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手てを打うつN1
合意する simply means 'to agree', while 手を打つ carries the nuance of concluding a negotiation or settling terms after some back-and-forth.
総そう意い
合意 is a mutual agreement reached through discussion between parties, while 総意 emphasizes the single unified will of an entire group.
申もうし合あわせ
合意 is the general word for reaching agreement or consent, while 申し合わせ specifically implies a formal mutual understanding reached through prior consultation.
コンセンサス
合意 is the general native Japanese word for mutual agreement, while コンセンサス specifically emphasizes a broad, shared consensus within a group, often in business or politics.
取とり決きめN1
合意 refers to the act of reaching mutual consent, while 取り決め refers to the concrete arrangement or rule that results from it.
折おり合あい
合意 is a neutral, often legal/business term for reaching agreement, whereas 折り合い emphasizes the give-and-take process of adjusting differing positions.
決きまりN3
合意 emphasizes mutual agreement between parties, whereas 決まり simply refers to the fact that something has been settled.
取とり決きめる
合意する focuses on the abstract state of reaching consensus, while 取り決める stresses fixing the concrete terms of that agreement.
アコード
合意 refers broadly to any mutual agreement between parties, whereas アコード specifically implies a formal, often international, alignment.
契けい約やくN3
合意 is simply a mutual agreement or consensus that need not be legally binding, while 契約 specifically denotes a formal, enforceable contract.

Opposites

不ふ一いっ致ち
不一致 means a mismatch or disagreement between views, the opposite of 合意, which is a shared, agreed-upon understanding.

Don't confuse with

合ごう議ぎN1
合議 refers to the process of deliberating together to make a joint decision, while 合意 refers to the resulting state of shared agreement.

Word family· 12

合ごう意い点てん
point of agreement; common ground
停てい戦せん合ごう意い
cease-fire agreement
協きょう力りょく合ごう意い
agreement to cooperate; cooperation agreement
合ごう意い年ねん齢れい
age of consent
合ごう意い心しん中じゅう
double suicide by mutual consent

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合ごう意い情じょう死し
double suicide by mutual consent
合ごう意い覚おぼえ書がき
memorandum of agreement; memorandum of understanding; letter of intent
和わ平へい合ごう意い
peace accord; peace agreement
基き本ほん合ごう意い
basic agreement; agreement in principle
平へい和わ合ごう意い
peace agreement

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Etymology

Compound of 合 (go, 'to fit, match') and 意 (i, 'mind, thought'), literally 'matching minds'. The reading is on'yomi.