Japanese word

共存

Pronunciation

Romajikyōzon

Meaning

  • nouncoexistence

Example

人間と自然は共存できます。nin gen to shi zen wa kyō zon de ki ma su

People and nature can coexist.

Illustration for 共存 (coexistence)

More examples

都市の発展と環境の保護は、十分に計画すれば共存できます。to shi no hat ten to kan kyō no ho go wa jū bun ni kei kaku su re ba kyō zon de ki ma su

Urban development and environmental protection can coexist if they are carefully planned.

Core concept

Means that different beings or things share a place or situation while remaining able to exist together.

Common phrases

  • 人間と自然の共存nin gen to shi zen no kyō zon

    coexistence between humans and nature

  • 平和的な共存hei wa teki na kyō zon

    peaceful coexistence

Similar words

共生kyōsei: A relationship in which different living things live together and often help each other.
併存heison: The state in which different things exist at the same time without necessarily affecting each other.
両立ryōritsu: The state in which two conditions, goals, or activities are possible together.

Definition in Japanese

複数の人や生物、物事が、排除し合わずに同時に存在すること。fuku sū no hito ya sei butsu mono goto ga hai jo shi a wa zu ni dō ji ni son zai su ru ko to

Word origin

共存 (kyōzon) is formed from 共 (kyō, "together") and 存 (zon, "exist"), two Sino-Japanese elements that express shared existence.

Usage tips

  • In ecology, coexistence describes species sharing an ecosystem, which connects 共存 (kyōzon) with relationships between humans and nature as well as between groups.

Other meanings

  • cohabitationnoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 共存性kyōzonseicoexistencenoun

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