同僚
どうりょう
colleague
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Examples
同僚と昼ご飯を食べました。
どうりょうとひるごはんをたべました。
I had lunch with a colleague.
彼は昔の同僚です。
かれはむかしのどうりょうです。
He is a former colleague of mine.
忙しかったので、同僚に仕事を手伝ってもらいました。
いそがしかったので、どうりょうにしごとをてつだってもらいました。
I was busy, so I had a colleague help me with the work.
Common patterns
- 会社の同僚
- a colleague at work
- 同僚と飲む
- go drinking with colleagues
- 昔の同僚
- a former colleague
Memory tip
同 'same' + 僚 'companion': someone at your own level. Your boss is your 上司, never your 同僚, and 同僚 is a word you use about people, not to them.
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