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    3. 共通語

    共通語

    共きょう通つう語ご

    common language

    KMT9News #30+1CoreNounCore ConceptsKanji Vocab30 strokes

    きょうつうご

    Noun

    1.
    common language, lingua franca
    2.
    standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)

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    英えい語ごは世せ界かいの共きょう通つう語ごになりつつある。

    English is becoming the common language of the world.

    KMT7Core Concepts
    日に本ほん語ごの共きょう通つう語ごは東とう京きょう方ほう言げんを基き盤ばんとしている。

    The standard Japanese language is based on the Tokyo dialect.

    KMT9Core ConceptsCulture & Traditions
    異い文ぶん化か間かんのコミュニケーションでは、共きょう通つう語ごの存そん在ざいが不ふ可か欠けつだ。

    In cross-cultural communication, the existence of a common language is indispensable.

    KMT9Core ConceptsCulture & Traditions
    この地ち域いきでは、複ふく数すうの言げん語ごが話はなされているが、日に本ほん語ごが共きょう通つう語ごとして機き能のうしている。

    In this region, multiple languages are spoken, but Japanese functions as the common language.

    KMT9Core ConceptsCulture & Traditions
    グローバル化かが進すすむ現げん代だいにおいて、英えい語ごが国こく際さい的てきな共きょう通つう語ごとしての役やく割わりを強つよめている。

    In the modern era of globalization, English is strengthening its role as an international common language.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    共
    とも・とも.に・-ども…(1)
    together・both・neither・all・and…(2)
    通
    とお.る・とお.り・-とお.り・-どお.り・とお.す・とお.し…(8)
    traffic・pass through・avenue・commute・counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
    語
    かた.る・かた.らう…(1)
    word・speech・language
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