共存|きょうぞんkyouzon[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
きょうそんkyouson[1]atamadaka (head-high)
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbcoexistence
Conjugation
Dictionary form共存する(きょうぞんする)
Polite (masu)共存します(きょうぞんします)
Negative (nai)共存しない(きょうぞんしない)
polite (masen)共存しません(きょうぞんしません)
classical zu / nu共存せず・共存せぬ(きょうぞんせず・きょうぞんせぬ)
Past (ta)共存した(きょうぞんした)
polite (mashita)共存しました(きょうぞんしました)
Past negative (nakatta)共存しなかった(きょうぞんしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)共存しませんでした(きょうぞんしませんでした)
Te form共存して(きょうぞんして)
Potential共存できる(きょうぞんできる)
Passive共存される(きょうぞんされる)
Causative共存させる(きょうぞんさせる)
Causative passive共存させられる(きょうぞんさせられる)
Conditional (ba)共存すれば(きょうぞんすれば)
tara共存したら(きょうぞんしたら)
Volitional共存しよう(きょうぞんしよう)
polite (mashou)共存しましょう(きょうぞんしましょう)
Imperative共存しろ(きょうぞんしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym併存へいぞんNeutralNeutral noun for things existing side by side, as in 「新旧の制度が併存する」; stresses mere juxtaposition — harmony is not implied.
  • Synonym両立りょうりつNeutralNeutral noun for two things both holding true at once, as in 「仕事と家庭の両立」; stresses compatibility or balancing both rather than simply coexisting.
  • Synonym共在きょうざいWrittenWritten/formal prose term for existing together; used mostly in philosophy and rare in everyday language.
  • Antonym対立たいりつNeutralNeutral noun for opposing sides refusing to yield to each other; the direct opposite of 「共存」.
  • Antonym排斥はいせきNeutralNeutral noun for rejecting or shutting out something unacceptable; the direct opposite of 「共存」.

Use 「共存」 for different things living or existing together in one place, as in 「人と自然の共存」「平和共存」. Say 「併存」 for two things existing side by side, 「両立」 for balancing both; the opposites are 「対立」 and 「排斥」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 複数ふくすうのものが一緒いっしょに生存せいぞん・存在そんざいすること。
Kanji in this word
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