Illustration: In the kitchen of a small Japanese share house, two residents wash their own dishes at the same broad sink. One rinses a rice bowl while the other scrubs a frying pan, their sleeves rolled up beside a single dish-soap bottle.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

共きょう用よう

kyouyou

to share for common use

Example sentences

  1. 寮りょうには共用きょうようのキッチンがある。

    There is a communal kitchen in the dormitory.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 当分とうぶんの間ま、私わたしは友人ゆうじんとこの部屋へやを共用きょうようしなければならない。

    For the time being, I must share this room with my friend.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. タオルを共用きょうようする

    to share a towel

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Kanji in 共用

  • 共together; bothOnキョウKunとも・ともに
  • 用utilize; businessOnヨウKunもちいる

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