連帯|れんたいrentai[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbsolidarity
  2. prenominal modifierjoint; collective
    荷物にもつが遅おくれた場合ばあい、特別とくべつな連帯れんたい保険ほけんがある。↗
    In case the shipment is delayed, we have special delay insurance.
Conjugation
Dictionary form連帯する(れんたいする)
Polite (masu)連帯します(れんたいします)
Negative (nai)連帯しない(れんたいしない)
polite (masen)連帯しません(れんたいしません)
classical zu / nu連帯せず・連帯せぬ(れんたいせず・れんたいせぬ)
Past (ta)連帯した(れんたいした)
polite (mashita)連帯しました(れんたいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)連帯しなかった(れんたいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)連帯しませんでした(れんたいしませんでした)
Te form連帯して(れんたいして)
Potential連帯できる(れんたいできる)
Passive連帯される(れんたいされる)
Causative連帯させる(れんたいさせる)
Causative passive連帯させられる(れんたいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)連帯すれば(れんたいすれば)
tara連帯したら(れんたいしたら)
Volitional連帯しよう(れんたいしよう)
polite (mashou)連帯しましょう(れんたいしましょう)
Imperative連帯しろ(れんたいしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym結束けっそくNeutralNeutral. Close unity of people working toward a shared goal, as in 「結束を固める」; 「連帯」 stresses mutual ties and shouldering burdens together.
  • Synonym団結だんけつNeutralNeutral. People uniting as one, as in 「団結力」; 「連帯」 additionally implies joint responsibility, including the legal kind.
  • Synonym一致団結いっちだんけつWrittenWritten/formal prose. A four-character idiom for everyone uniting as one under a common cause; stronger in tone than 「連帯」.
  • Related連帯意識れんたいいしきWrittenWritten/formal prose. The feeling of being bound to others who share one's fate — more abstract than 「連帯」, which also covers joint liability, as in 「連帯保証人」.
  • Antonym孤立こりつNeutralNeutral. Antonym on the axis of standing together or not: being cut off from others and left without help or support.
  • Antonym分離ぶんりNeutralNeutral. Antonym on the axis of uniting or not: separating things or people that were together, or coming apart.
  • Antonym個別こべつNeutralNeutral. Antonym on the whole-versus-individual axis: handling or treating each case separately, one by one.

Use 「連帯」 for mutual ties, mutual support and shared responsibility, as in 「連帯責任」. For close unity toward a goal choose 「結束」 or 「団結」; for everyone uniting as one, the stronger written idiom 「一致団結」. Opposites: 「孤立」, 「個別」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 互たがいに関係かんけいを結むすぶこと。
  2. 共同きょうどうして責任せきにんを負おうこと。
Kanji in this word
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