共 - N3 Kanji

Meaning of 共意味

together, both, neither, all, and, alike, with

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共 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI　音読み

とも tomo
とも.に tomo.ni
-ども -domo

KUNYOMI　訓読み

キョウ kyou

Examples

両国とも今は平和な状態にある。

Both countries are now at peace.

そのろくでなしどもはクビになりましたよ。

Those good-for-nothing layabouts were sacked.

アンインストール方法：フォルダごとごみ箱にぽいっ。

Uninstall method: Chuck the whole folder into the recycle bin.

これらの本を２冊とも読んだ。

I’ve read both these books.

彼は往復ともタクシーに乗った。

He took a taxi both ways.

当然ですが先生は英仏語とも理解できますけれど。

Obviously the teacher can understand both English and French.

両親ともゴルフをするのではない。

Both of my parents do not play golf.

男女ともテニスに優勝した。

Both men and women won the tennis championship.

両親とも生きているわけではない。

Both my parents are not alive.

その建物は内外ともぼろぼろになっている。

The building is rotten inside and out.

Back to list JLPT N3 Kanji 16

産 products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property

室 room, apartment, chamber, greenhouse, cellar

争 contend, dispute, argue

通 traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.

同 same, agree, equal