How to say "compromise" in Japanese

• 妥協だきょうJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe word for compromise as a settlement in which each side gives up part of what it demands; it can also suggest giving in or settling for less than you wanted.
  ついに父ちちは妥協だきょうした。↗

  Finally, my father compromised.
• 歩み寄るあゆみよるCommon
  godan verb, intransitive verbA verb: to compromise or meet halfway, pictured as each side stepping toward the other. Suited to describing the process of narrowing a gap in negotiations or between people.
  お互たがい歩み寄あゆみよって問題もんだいを解決かいけつした。↗

  We solved the problem by mutual concessions.
• 譲歩じょうほJLPT N1approx.Common
  suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb, no-adjectiveFrames compromise as concession — yielding ground on your own demands. The word to use where English says 'concession' or 'make concessions', typically in describing negotiations between two parties.
  あなたの意見いけんが道理どうりに適かなっていれば彼かれらは譲歩じょうほするだろう。↗

  They will give way to you if your opinion is reasonable.
• 折り合いおりあいCommon
  nounPoints to the agreement or settlement itself — the terms on which parties in a business or other dispute can get along — rather than to the act of yielding.
  ジョンは自分じぶんの問題もんだいと折り合おりあいをつけた。つまり、その問題もんだいを受け入うけいれたのである。↗

  John came to terms with his problem, which means he has accepted it.
• 折衷せっちゅうJLPT N1approx.Common
  suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectiveReally means blending or mixing — taking elements from different sides into one eclectic whole. It fits 'compromise' when you mean a blend of two styles or positions, not the give-and-take of negotiation.

For compromise as mutual giving-in use 妥協; for the verb 'meet halfway' use 「歩み寄る」; for concessions in negotiation use 譲歩; for a settlement or working agreement use 「折り合い」; for a blend of two sides use 折衷.

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• 妥協だきょうcompromise
• 歩み寄るあゆみよるto compromise
• 譲歩じょうほconcession
• 折り合いおりあいagreement (e.g. business, dispute)
• 折衷せっちゅうcompromise
• 歩み寄りあゆみよりcompromise
• 折り合うおりあうto reach an agreement
• 和解わかいreconciliation
• なあなあcompromise
• 譲り合いゆずりあいcompromise
• 歩み合いあゆみあいcompromise
• 譲り合うゆずりあうto give and take
• 交譲こうじょうconcession
• 折れ合うおれあうto get along with
• 足して二で割るたしてにでわるto combine parts of two different things into a new thing
• 互譲ごじょうgive and take
• 付き合うつきあうto go along with
• 着地点ちゃくちてんcommon ground