共謀|きょうぼうkyoubou[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbconspiracy; collusion; complicity
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 共謀する(きょうぼうする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 共謀します(きょうぼうします) |
| Negative (nai) | 共謀しない(きょうぼうしない) |
| polite (masen) | 共謀しません(きょうぼうしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 共謀せず・共謀せぬ(きょうぼうせず・きょうぼうせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 共謀した(きょうぼうした) |
| polite (mashita) | 共謀しました(きょうぼうしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 共謀しなかった(きょうぼうしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 共謀しませんでした(きょうぼうしませんでした) |
| Te form | 共謀して(きょうぼうして) |
| Potential | 共謀できる(きょうぼうできる) |
| Passive | 共謀される(きょうぼうされる) |
| Causative | 共謀させる(きょうぼうさせる) |
| Causative passive | 共謀させられる(きょうぼうさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 共謀すれば(きょうぼうすれば) |
| tara | 共謀したら(きょうぼうしたら) |
| Volitional | 共謀しよう(きょうぼうしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 共謀しましょう(きょうぼうしましょう) |
| Imperative | 共謀しろ(きょうぼうしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym陰謀いんぼうNeutralA bad scheme hatched in secret; it can be the work of one person alone, whereas 「共謀」 stresses that several people plot together.
- Synonym謀議ぼうぎWrittenWritten word for conferring together on a plot, usually a criminal one, as in 「謀議に加わる」.
- Synonym共同謀議きょうどうぼうぎWrittenLegal term for several people secretly plotting a crime together; close in sense to 「共謀」 but more formal.
- Synonym密謀みつぼうWrittenRare, bookish word for plotting in secret; it does not stress several people, which 「共謀」 requires.
- Related共犯きょうはんNeutralTaking part in a crime, whether committing it jointly, instigating or aiding; 「共謀」 centres on the advance agreement to plot.
- Related謀はかりごとWritten「謀」(はかりごと)is a native Japanese word for a stratagem or scheme, not necessarily a bad one; archaic and literary.
- Related企てくわだてNeutralA plan or undertaking, also a scheme for wrongdoing; unlike 「共謀」 it does not imply several people plotting together.
- Related企みたくらみNeutralA scheme or trick; in speech one often says 「何か企みがある」. It does not stress several people, unlike 「共謀」.
- Related密計みっけいWrittenRare, bookish word for the secret scheme itself; 「共謀」 is the act of several people plotting together.
- Related謀計ぼうけいWrittenRare, bookish word for a sinister scheme or plot; 「共謀」 stresses that several people conspire together.
- Related共犯関係きょうはんかんけいWrittenThe relationship between people who commit a crime together; 「共謀」 points to the act of colluding itself.
- Related悪巧みわるだくみCasualColloquial word for a wicked scheme or trick; it does not stress that several people conspire, as 「共謀」 does.
Use 「共謀」 when several people conspire to do wrong, as in 「共謀罪」. For a plot in general say 「陰謀」; for a bad idea, 「企み」 or 「悪巧み」; for taking part in a crime, 「共犯」. The bookish 「謀議」「共同謀議」「密謀」「密計」「謀計」「共犯関係」 and 「謀」 are rare in everyday use.
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