日本語道場

Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Kanji
共

N3

Meaningstogether, both, neither, all, and
On'yomiキョウ
Kun'yomiとも、とも、-ども
Strokes6
Radical八

Compounds

  • first-person plural (or singular), second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

  • together, jointly, at the same time, with

  • appearing together (in a film, play, etc.), performing together (at a concert, etc.), acting together, co-starring

  • sympathy, empathy, response, identification (with someone)

  • joint sponsorship (of an event), cosponsorship, joint hosting

  • mutual aid

  • joint authorship, co-authorship, collaboration, joint work

  • common, shared, mutual, to be common (to)

  • point in common, common feature

  • falling together, mutual destruction, joint bankruptcy

  • joint struggle, common (united) front

  • republican form of government, republicanism

Example sentences

  • The Cold War ended when the Soviet Union collapsed.

  • A common theme underlies both perspectives.

  • Let's pool our money and travel as a group.

  • Although they are twins, they have few interests in common.

  • The government should promote common welfare.

  • We must learn to live together as brothers, or we will perish together as fools.

  • It's obvious but the connection between people is "words". It is by those words that thoughts are shared and arguments carried out.

  • The revolutionary government, while raising troops from the masses and fighting a defensive battle, established a republic and executed Louis XVI.