意気投合|いきとうごうikitougou[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbhit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
    ボブとはすっかり意気投合いきとうごうした。↗
    I found a kindred spirit in Bob.
Conjugation
Dictionary form意気投合する(いきとうごうする)
Polite (masu)意気投合します(いきとうごうします)
Negative (nai)意気投合しない(いきとうごうしない)
polite (masen)意気投合しません(いきとうごうしません)
classical zu / nu意気投合せず・意気投合せぬ(いきとうごうせず・いきとうごうせぬ)
Past (ta)意気投合した(いきとうごうした)
polite (mashita)意気投合しました(いきとうごうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)意気投合しなかった(いきとうごうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)意気投合しませんでした(いきとうごうしませんでした)
Te form意気投合して(いきとうごうして)
Potential意気投合できる(いきとうごうできる)
Passive意気投合される(いきとうごうされる)
Causative意気投合させる(いきとうごうさせる)
Causative passive意気投合させられる(いきとうごうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)意気投合すれば(いきとうごうすれば)
tara意気投合したら(いきとうごうしたら)
Volitional意気投合しよう(いきとうごうしよう)
polite (mashou)意気投合しましょう(いきとうごうしましょう)
Imperative意気投合しろ(いきとうごうしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related共感きょうかんNeutralEmpathizing with and agreeing with someone's feelings or opinions; 「意気投合」 is two people clicking and growing close at once.
  • Related共鳴きょうめいNeutralResonating with someone's ideas; also the physical phenomenon of resonance. 「意気投合」 stresses two people clicking and becoming close.
  • Related以心伝心いしんでんしんNeutralMind-to-mind understanding without words; 「意気投合」 is about chatting easily and hitting it off.
  • Related同調どうちょうNeutralEchoing others and falling in step with them, sometimes with a bandwagon nuance; 「意気投合」 is genuine mutual affinity.
  • Related同感どうかんNeutralHaving the same opinion, as in the set phrase 「同感です」; 「意気投合」 is two kindred spirits growing close.
  • RelatedシンパシーNeutralA loanword for sympathy or empathy, usually one-sided; 「意気投合」 is mutual rapport between two people.
  • Antonym反目はんもくWrittenMutual hostility and discord between parties; a written/formal word, the opposite of 「意気投合」.
  • Antonym不和ふわNeutralA poor relationship, discord between people; the opposite of 「意気投合」.
  • Antonym確執かくしつWrittenLong-standing discord from both sides refusing to budge on their positions; a written/formal word, the opposite of 「意気投合」.

Use 「意気投合」 when two people hit it off and grow close. To agree with someone, say 「共感」 or 「同感」; 「以心伝心」 is wordless understanding; 「同調」 is conforming. For discord, use 「不和」 or 「反目」, and 「確執」 for a long-standing feud.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 心こころが通じ合つうじあう事こと。意見いけんが合あうこと。考かんがえなどがぴったりと一致いっちして親したしくなる事こと。「投合とうごう」は一致いっちするの意味いみ。
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