交互|こうごkougo[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. no-adjective, suru verbalternate; alternatingusu. adverbially as 〜に
    好況こうきょうと不況ふきょうは交互こうごに来くる。↗
    Good times alternate with bad.
Conjugation
Dictionary form交互する(こうごする)
Polite (masu)交互します(こうごします)
Negative (nai)交互しない(こうごしない)
polite (masen)交互しません(こうごしません)
classical zu / nu交互せず・交互せぬ(こうごせず・こうごせぬ)
Past (ta)交互した(こうごした)
polite (mashita)交互しました(こうごしました)
Past negative (nakatta)交互しなかった(こうごしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)交互しませんでした(こうごしませんでした)
Te form交互して(こうごして)
Potential交互できる(こうごできる)
Passive交互される(こうごされる)
Causative交互させる(こうごさせる)
Causative passive交互させられる(こうごさせられる)
Conditional (ba)交互すれば(こうごすれば)
tara交互したら(こうごしたら)
Volitional交互しよう(こうごしよう)
polite (mashou)交互しましょう(こうごしましょう)
Imperative交互しろ(こうごしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym代わる代わるかわるがわるNeutralAn adverb for taking turns, one after another. 「交互」 is the more written word and centers on two things alternating.
  • Synonym交互にこうごにWrittenThe written adverbial form, meaning alternately. 「交互」 itself is a noun and can head phrases like 「交互通行」.
  • Related代わり代わりかわりがわりCasualColloquial and rare; means taking turns in alternation, with the same sense as 「代わる代わる」.
  • Antonym連続れんぞくWrittenWritten register. Means continuing without a break, so it concerns whether something is interrupted — not a direct antonym of 「交互」, which is about order.
  • Antonym一方的いっぽうてきNeutralMeans one-sided or unilateral; it only stands against the back-and-forth of exchanges between people, so not a direct antonym.

Use 「交互」 when two things alternate or proceed in turn, as in 「交互通行」 or 「交互に並べる」; when several people take turns, say 「代わる代わる」. 「連続」 and 「一方的」 are only loose opposites.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 互い違たがいちがい。代わる代かわるがわる。
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