生せい協きょう

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Common word

Meanings

noun

co-op; consumers' cooperative

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 生活協同組合. Refers to a member-owned cooperative that supplies food and daily goods, often associated with university or community groups.

Usage patterns

生せい協きょうで買かうto buy (something) at the co-op
教きょう科か書しょは生せい協きょうで買かった。
I bought my textbooks at the co-op.
生せい協きょうに加か入にゅうするto join the co-op (become a member)
入にゅう学がくしたらすぐに生せい協きょうに加か入にゅうした。
As soon as I enrolled, I joined the co-op.
生せい協きょうの会かい員いんa member of the co-op
彼かの女じょは生せい協きょうの会かい員いんなので割わり引びきが受うけられる。
She's a co-op member, so she gets a discount.
大だい学がくの生せい協きょうa university co-op (campus store)
大だい学がくの生せい協きょうでノートパソコンを安やすく買かった。
I bought a laptop cheaply at the university co-op.

Kanji

生life, genuine, birth
協co-, cooperation

Related words

協きょう同どう組くみ合あい
協同組合 is the general term for any cooperative organization, while 生協 specifically means a consumer/member cooperative selling food and daily goods.
組くみ合あいN3
組合 is a broad word for any union or association (labor unions, trade groups, etc.), whereas 生協 refers specifically to a consumer cooperative.
コープ
生協 is the common Japanese term for a consumer cooperative, while コープ is the katakana loanword often used as a brand name for the same kind of organization.

Don't confuse with

農のう協きょうN1
農協 is the abbreviation for an agricultural cooperative (for farmers), while 生協 is the abbreviation for a consumer cooperative (for daily goods and food).

Counted with

社しゃ
Used when counting 生協 (co-op) as an organization or corporate entity.

Etymology

An abbreviation of 生活協同組合, formed from 生 in 生活 and 協 in 協同.