協力|きょうりょくkyouryoku[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbcooperation; collaboration; help; support
    I appreciate your cooperation.
Conjugation
Dictionary form協力する(きょうりょくする)
Polite (masu)協力します(きょうりょくします)
Negative (nai)協力しない(きょうりょくしない)
polite (masen)協力しません(きょうりょくしません)
classical zu / nu協力せず・協力せぬ(きょうりょくせず・きょうりょくせぬ)
Past (ta)協力した(きょうりょくした)
polite (mashita)協力しました(きょうりょくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)協力しなかった(きょうりょくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)協力しませんでした(きょうりょくしませんでした)
Te form協力して(きょうりょくして)
Potential協力できる(きょうりょくできる)
Passive協力される(きょうりょくされる)
Causative協力させる(きょうりょくさせる)
Causative passive協力させられる(きょうりょくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)協力すれば(きょうりょくすれば)
tara協力したら(きょうりょくしたら)
Volitional協力しよう(きょうりょくしよう)
polite (mashou)協力しましょう(きょうりょくしましょう)
Imperative協力しろ(きょうりょくしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym協調きょうちょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Parties with different positions or interests cooperate through mutual concession, as in 「国際協調」; it stresses harmony, while 「協力」 just means helping.
  • Synonym連携れんけいNeutralNeutral. Focuses on staying in contact and dovetailing roles, mostly between departments or organizations; 「協力」 is broader and can describe one person helping another.
  • Synonym共同きょうどうNeutralNeutral. Stresses several parties acting together on an equal footing or sharing things jointly, as in 「共同研究」; 「協力」 can be just one side helping the other.
  • Synonym提携ていけいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Mostly companies or groups signing a cooperation deal or forming a partnership, as in 「業務提携」; more formal than 「協力」 and used between organizations.
  • Synonym協働きょうどうWrittenWritten/formal prose. An administrative and community term for different parties working together as equals, as in 「市民との協働」; in everyday speech 「協力」 is enough.
  • Related団結だんけつNeutralNeutral. People bind into one and pull together, stressing internal cohesion; 「協力」 is about contributing effort to something and need not mean forming a single body.
  • Antonym対立たいりつNeutralNeutral. Two sides with opposite positions, neither willing to yield — the opposite of 「協力」, where parties join forces.
  • Antonym反目はんもくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Mutual discord and hostility, mostly between people or within families; the opposite of 「協力」.

For everyday help or joint effort, use 「協力」. For coordination between organizations, choose 「連携」; for business alliances, 「提携」; for mutual concession between differing positions, 「協調」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. ある目的もくてきに向むかって力ちからを合あわせ、物事ものごとに当あたること。
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