同僚(どうりょう)

どうりょう
noun
colleague
work
1. colleague, coworker
A person one works with at the same company or organization.
同僚(どうりょう)に聞(き)く。
To ask a colleague.
同僚(どうりょう)と昼(ひる)ごはんを食(た)べました。
I had lunch with my colleague.
同僚(どうりょう)はみんな親切(しんせつ)です。
All my colleagues are kind.
新(あたら)しい同僚(どうりょう)が入(はい)ってきました。
A new colleague joined us.
同僚(どうりょう)と仕事(しごと)の後(あと)で飲(の)みに行(い)くことがありますが、毎週(まいしゅう)ではありません。
I sometimes go drinking with colleagues after work, but not every week.

同僚(どうりょう) refers to coworkers at a similar level in the same organization.

Etymology

同(どう) (same) + 僚(りょう) (companion)

Usage

同僚(どうりょう) specifically means peers or equals at work. It does not include:

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Related Words

Compare: 仲間(なかま) (companion, member of a group)
Compare: 同期(どうき) (someone who joined at the same time)
Compare: 同士(どうし) (fellow, comrade)
Related: 社内恋愛(しゃないれんあい) (office romance)
Compare: 仕事仲間(しごとなかま) (work colleague)
Compare: 同業(どうぎょう) (same trade)
Compare: 同業者(どうぎょうしゃ) (person in the same trade)
Compare: 相棒(あいぼう) (partner)
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