加担・荷担|かたんkatan[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
加担加担 is the most common spelling of this word. It is written entirely in kanji and is the form beginners should normally choose.
荷担荷担 is a less common spelling of the same word. It is also written entirely in kanji, but 加担 is the preferred choice for beginners.
Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbsupport; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 加担する（かたんする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 加担します（かたんします） |
| Negative (nai) | 加担しない（かたんしない） |
| polite (masen) | 加担しません（かたんしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 加担せず・加担せぬ（かたんせず・かたんせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 加担した（かたんした） |
| polite (mashita) | 加担しました（かたんしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 加担しなかった（かたんしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 加担しませんでした（かたんしませんでした） |
| Te form | 加担して（かたんして） |
| Potential | 加担できる（かたんできる） |
| Passive | 加担される（かたんされる） |
| Causative | 加担させる（かたんさせる） |
| Causative passive | 加担させられる（かたんさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 加担すれば（かたんすれば） |
| tara | 加担したら（かたんしたら） |
| Volitional | 加担しよう（かたんしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 加担しましょう（かたんしましょう） |
| Imperative | 加担しろ（かたんしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym加勢かせいNeutralNeutral word for lending a hand or reinforcing one side; 「加担」, by contrast, usually implies joining in wrongdoing.
- Synonym助力じょりょくWrittenWritten/formal word for helping or assisting, with a positive tone; it lacks the complicit, taking-sides nuance of 「加担」.
- Synonym力添えちからぞえNeutralHelping or pitching in, usually as the polite 「お力添え」; positive, with none of 「加担」's hint of complicity.
- Synonym肩入れかたいれNeutralColloquial word for strongly backing or favoring one side; it need not involve anything shady, though 「加担」 often does.
- Synonym支持しじNeutralSupporting or endorsing, typically an opinion, policy or party; positive.
- Synonym幇助ほうじょWrittenFormal legal term for aiding a crime, as in 「自殺幇助」; more technical than 「加担」.
- Synonym助勢じょせいWrittenWritten word for lending momentum or reinforcements; rare even in formal prose.
- Synonym扶翼ふよくWrittenLiterary, old-fashioned word for helping or supporting someone; carries an archaic flavor.
- Synonym翼賛よくさんWrittenBacking or upholding a ruler or government; strongly associated with 「大政翼賛会」 and carries a historical flavor.
- Related助けるたすけるNeutralEveryday verb for rescuing or helping; the most common choice, normally with a positive feel.
- Related補助ほじょNeutralSupplementing what is lacking, as in 「補助金」 (a subsidy); focuses on filling a gap rather than taking sides.
- Related補佐ほさNeutralAssisting a superior in one's duties, as in 「課長補佐」; about on-the-job support, not complicity.
- Related手伝うてつだうNeutralEveryday verb for helping with a task; positive and free of any wrongdoing nuance.
- Related援助えんじょNeutralAid or assistance, often material or financial; positive, unlike 「加担」.
- Related支援しえんNeutralBroad, positive word for support or backing in many contexts; no complicit overtone.
- Related助成じょせいWrittenWritten word for funding or fostering a project, typically with money from government or foundations.
- Related介添えかいぞえNeutralStaying at someone's side to care for or steady them, as a bridesmaid or caregiver; personal attendance, not allegiance.
- Related応援おうえんNeutralCheering someone on or rooting for them, and by extension reinforcing them; positive.
- Related援護えんごNeutralCovering and protecting someone, as in 「援護射撃」 (covering fire); also used for relief aid.
- Related輔翼ほよくWrittenRare written word for aiding or supporting someone; positive, with no suggestion of joining in wrongdoing.
- Antonym離反りはんNeutralAntonym: turning away or breaking with a side one had followed — the opposite of 「加担」's taking sides.
Use 「加担」 for joining in or helping with something bad, or for siding with one party, as in 「犯罪に加担する」. For ordinary positive help, 「手伝う」, 「支援」 and 「援助」 are the natural choices. For aiding a crime in the legal sense, use 「幇助」. Most of the other words here — 「助ける」, 「応援」, 「支持」 and the like — are positive support words that lack 「加担」's complicit overtone.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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