How to say "collective" in Japanese

• 共同体きょうどうたいCommon
  nounCovers 'collective' as a noun: a community or cooperative body, a group bound together by shared living, work, or interests. Natural when discussing local communities or the bonds holding such a group together.
  この共同体きょうどうたいにおいても変化へんかへの刺激しげきが一連いちれんの変化へんかを示しめしていた点てんに注目ちゅうもくしてみよう。↗

  Note that the impetus for change has undergone a series of transformations in this community.
• 連帯れんたいJLPT N1approx.Common
  prenominal modifierCovers the 'joint, collective' sense: people acting or bearing responsibility together, as in solidarity or joint liability. It names the togetherness, not a group, so it is seldom the word for 'a collective' itself.
  荷物にもつが遅おくれた場合ばあい、特別とくべつな連帯れんたい保険ほけんがある。↗

  In case the shipment is delayed, we have special delay insurance.

Use 共同体 for 'collective' as a noun naming a community or cooperative body of people; use 連帯 for the joint, collective sense of people acting or bearing something together, as in solidarity or joint responsibility.

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• 共同体きょうどうたいcooperative body
• 集合的しゅうごうてきcollective
• 集団的しゅうだんてきcollective
• 連帯れんたいjoint