共謀|きょうぼうkyoubou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. 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.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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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Japanese definitions
  1. 共ともに謀はかること。複数ふくすうの者ものが共同きょうどうで謀略ぼうりゃくを巡めぐらすこと。
  2. 共ともに謀はかる。
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