談合|だんごうdangou[0]heiban (flat)
だんこうdankouok
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbbid rigging; collusion (on contract bidding); (illegal) price-fixing agreement
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbconsultation; discussion; conference
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 談合する（だんごうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 談合します（だんごうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 談合しない（だんごうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 談合しません（だんごうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 談合せず・談合せぬ（だんごうせず・だんごうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 談合した（だんごうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 談合しました（だんごうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 談合しなかった（だんごうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 談合しませんでした（だんごうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 談合して（だんごうして） |
| Potential | 談合できる（だんごうできる） |
| Passive | 談合される（だんごうされる） |
| Causative | 談合させる（だんごうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 談合させられる（だんごうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 談合すれば（だんごうすれば） |
| tara | 談合したら（だんごうしたら） |
| Volitional | 談合しよう（だんごうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 談合しましょう（だんごうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 談合しろ（だんごうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym話し合いはなしあいNeutralEveryday, neutral word for discussion; 「談合」 usually means prior collusion in bidding and readily evokes rule-breaking.
- Related合議ごうぎWrittenWritten word for joint deliberation to decide, as in 「合議制」; common in courts and public offices, while 「談合」 now usually means illegal collusion like bid rigging.
- Related会談かいだんFormalFormal word for official talks between leaders or representatives, as in 「首脳会談」; 「談合」, in its bid-rigging sense, carries a nuance of secret, illegal collusion.
- Related協議きょうぎFormalFormal word for the parties concerned consulting or negotiating, as in 「協議離婚」; 「談合」 mostly means behind-the-scenes price collusion and is derogatory.
- Related相談そうだんNeutralThe most everyday word for consulting or asking advice; 「談合」 also has a consultation sense but now usually means bid rigging or price collusion, so avoid casual swaps.
- Related評議ひょうぎWrittenWritten word for a group discussing and rating something, as in 「評議員」「評議会」; 「談合」 tends to suggest private collusion and is derogatory.
- Related商議しょうぎWrittenA rare written word for conferring to settle something; 「談合」 originally also meant consultation but now usually means improper collusion such as bid rigging.
- Antonym対立たいりつNeutralNeutral word for clashing positions, with neither side yielding; bid-rigging 「談合」 is the opposite — parties collude in advance and do not compete.
- Antonym競争きょうそうNeutralNeutral word for competition; in bidding, 「談合」 is precisely collusion to evade fair 「競争」, making the two opposites.
For everyday consultation use 「相談」 or 「話し合い」; for formal deliberation use 「協議」, with 「合議」「商議」「評議」 as written alternatives, 「会談」 for top-level talks, and 「対立」 when positions clash. 「談合」 originally meant consultation too, but today it usually means illegal collusion such as bid rigging — the opposite of fair 「競争」.
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