両立|りょうりつryouritsu[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbcompatibility; coexistence; standing together
    健康けんこうは節制せっせいと両立りょうりつする。↗
    Health coexists with temperance.
Conjugation
Dictionary form両立する(りょうりつする)
Polite (masu)両立します(りょうりつします)
Negative (nai)両立しない(りょうりつしない)
polite (masen)両立しません(りょうりつしません)
classical zu / nu両立せず・両立せぬ(りょうりつせず・りょうりつせぬ)
Past (ta)両立した(りょうりつした)
polite (mashita)両立しました(りょうりつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)両立しなかった(りょうりつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)両立しませんでした(りょうりつしませんでした)
Te form両立して(りょうりつして)
Potential両立できる(りょうりつできる)
Passive両立される(りょうりつされる)
Causative両立させる(りょうりつさせる)
Causative passive両立させられる(りょうりつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)両立すれば(りょうりつすれば)
tara両立したら(りょうりつしたら)
Volitional両立しよう(りょうりつしよう)
polite (mashou)両立しましょう(りょうりつしましょう)
Imperative両立しろ(りょうりつしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym共存きょうぞんNeutralNeutral. Coexistence of multiple things or groups living together in peace, as in 「人と自然の共存」; 「両立」 is about balancing two things so both are achieved.
  • Synonym併存へいぞんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Several things existing side by side, whether or not they get along; 「両立」 stresses that both are realized, as in 「仕事と家庭の両立」.
  • Antonym矛盾むじゅんNeutralNeutral. Inconsistency where things do not add up and two claims cannot both hold — the opposite of 「両立」.
  • Antonym相反そうはんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Mutual opposition, facing in opposite directions — the reverse of 「両立」, where both of two things can be had.

Use 「両立」 when two things or conditions are both accommodated and hold at once, as in 「仕事と家庭の両立」. Choose 「共存」 for things or groups coexisting, 「併存」 for mere side-by-side existence, and 「矛盾」 when they cannot both hold.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 二ふたつの物事ものごとが同時どうじに成り立なりたつこと。
Kanji in this word
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