Illustration: Two apartment movers maneuver a sofa through a narrow doorway. The mover inside holds one palm low and tilts the other upward to explain the angle needed. The mover in the corridor meets their eyes, nods, and begins raising the indicated end; both now tilt the sofa in precisely the same direction.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

意い思し疎そ通つう

ishisotsuu

mutual communication

Example sentences

  1. 言語げんごによって私わたしたちはお互たがいに意思疎通いしそつうをはかっている。

    We communicate with one another by means of language.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 意思疎通いしそつうがうまくいかない所ところでは、活動かつどうもうまくいかない。

    Where communications fail, so do activities.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 現在げんざいでは標準語ひょうじゅんごの普及ふきゅうもあって、異ことなる方言話者ほうげんわしゃの間あいだでも意思疎通いしそつうに大おおきな問題もんだいを生しょうじることはない。

    Those who speak in different dialects have no trouble communicating today, thanks to the popularization of the standard dialect.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 意思疎通

  • 意idea; mindOnイ
  • 思thinkOnシKunおもう・おもえらく・おぼす
  • 疎alienate; roughOnソ・ショKunうとい・うとむ・まばら
  • 通traffic; pass throughOnツウ・ツKunとおる・とおり・とおす

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