同僚|どうりょうdouryou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nouncoworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
   私の同僚どうりょうは報告書ほうこくしょを改かいざんした。↗

   My colleague doctored the report.

• Synonym僚友りょうゆうWrittenWritten/formal prose: companions who work together, with a nuance of closeness. In daily speech use 「同僚」 or 「仲間」.
• Synonym朋輩ほうばいWrittenWritten/formal prose, dated: fellow pupils under the same teacher, or colleagues. In modern speech use 「同僚」 or 「仲間」.
• Synonym同輩どうはいWrittenWritten/formal prose: people of the same status or age, not limited to one workplace; 「同僚」 means coworkers at the same organization only.
• Related仲間なかまNeutralNeutral and broad: companions or people of the same kind doing things together, not limited to work; 「同僚」 is specifically same-level coworkers.
• Related同士どうしNeutralNeutral: mostly a suffix, as in 「友達同士」, for people of the same kind with each other; 「同僚」 means coworkers only.
• Related社友しゃゆうWrittenWritten/formal prose, rare: colleagues at the same company, or people connected with it. In everyday use say 「同僚」.
• Related同業者どうぎょうしゃNeutralNeutral: people in the same line of business, not necessarily the same company; 「同僚」 means the same workplace.
• Related同役どうやくWrittenWritten/formal prose, old-fashioned: someone holding the same post or duty; today say 「同僚」.

Use 「同僚」 for coworkers of equal standing at the same organization. For companions in general (not just work) use 「仲間」, for people in the same trade 「同業者」, and for people of the same kind with each other 「同士」. 「朋輩」「同輩」「社友」「同役」「僚友」 are written or dated.

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1. 同おなじ職場しょくばで働はたらいていて、地位ちいの同おなじ人ひと。