同時(どうじ)

どうじ
noun
simultaneous, same time
time-general
1. simultaneous, at the same time
Occurring or done at the same moment in time.
二(ふた)つのことを同時(どうじ)にできません。
I can't do two things at the same time.
同時(どうじ)に始(はじ)めましょう。
Let's start at the same time.
それと同時(どうじ)に、問題(もんだい)も生(しょう)じた。
At the same time, problems also arose.
Common conjunctive use
同時(どうじ)通訳(つうやく)は難(むずか)しい仕事(しごと)だ。
Simultaneous interpretation is a difficult job.
彼(かれ)は仕事(しごと)と勉強(べんきょう)を同時(どうじ)にこなしている。
He is managing work and studies at the same time.

Composed of 同(どう) (same) + 時(じ) (time). Mostly used adverbially as 同時(どうじ)に.

Common patterns

  • 同時(どうじ)に: at the same time
  • ～と同時(どうじ)に: at the same time as ~; while also ~
  • それと同時(どうじ)に: at the same time (conjunctive, connecting two events)

～と同時(どうじ)に is frequently used as a conjunction meaning "at the same time as" or "while also." It can connect two simultaneous actions or add a second related point: 便利(べんり)であると同時(どうじ)に危険(きけん)でもある (it is convenient but at the same time also dangerous).

Similar words

  • 一緒(いっしょ)に: together — doing something with someone; 同時(どうじ)に is about timing only (two things at the same moment, even by different people in different places)

Compounds

Related Words

Compare: 一緒(いっしょ)に (together)
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Added 2026.1.9 20:41 · Revised 2026.10.10 21:40
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