共通

きょうつう
JLPT:N3
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1Something common or shared; a quality, element, or trait that multiple people or things have in common.

Noun Taking 'の'Na-AdjectiveNoun

Examples

私たちは映画が好きだという共通の趣味がある。

We have a shared hobby of liking movies.

この二つの製品に共通する問題点を洗い出そう。

Let's identify the problems common to these two products.

言語は文化に共通の価値観を反映することが多い。

Languages often reflect values common to a culture.

2To be common to; to be shared by (used in the sense that a feature or property applies to multiple items).

Group 3 VerbIntransitive Verb

Examples

これらの症状は全て患者に共通するものではない。

These symptoms are not common to all patients.

問題の原因はクラス全体に共通しているようだ。

The cause of the problem appears to be common across the whole class.

3Used as a suffix meaning “common across ~” or “-wide” (as in something that applies to an entire domain/group).

Noun (Suffix)

Examples

これは業界共通のルールだから、どの会社でも同じだ。

This is an industry-wide rule, so it's the same at any company.

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