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joint responsibility; shared responsibility
Responsibility that is borne collectively by two or more parties, whether in legal, professional, or social contexts.
これは共同責任だ。
This is a joint responsibility.
失敗の共同責任を負う。
To bear joint responsibility for the failure.
チーム全員が共同責任を持って取り組むべきだ。
The entire team should work on it with a sense of shared responsibility.
A compound of 共同 (joint, shared, collective) + 責任 (responsibility). Used in legal, business, and everyday contexts. In Japanese workplace culture, the concept of shared responsibility is deeply rooted, with groups often being held accountable collectively rather than singling out individuals.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 共同責任を負う: to bear joint responsibility
- 共同責任を取る: to take shared responsibility
- 共同責任体制: system of joint responsibility
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 連帯責任: collective responsibility, joint and several liability — stronger legal implication where each party is fully liable for the whole
- 自己責任: personal responsibility, self-responsibility — the opposite concept, where each person is accountable only for themselves
- 管理責任: management responsibility — responsibility that falls on those in supervisory roles