VocabJLPT N2
synchronization
Nounの-AdjectiveSuru VerbTransitive VerbIntransitive Verb

Definitions

  1. 1. same period
  2. 2. corresponding period
  3. 3. same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.)
  4. 4. synchronization
This noun has two main meanings: people who joined a company or organization at the same time, and the concept of synchronization in technology. In workplace conversations, it often refers to colleagues who started in the same year.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

At dinner, my dad said his work cohort is still his drinking crew to this day.

Sentence 2

We happened to see the same movie, and my cohort friend and I completely disagreed on it.

Sentence 3

A friend set me up to go out drinking with my brother's colleague from his starting year.

Sentence 4

At cooking class, I happened to end up in the same group as someone from my cohort.

Sentence 5

Sitting by the window, I could hear my colleagues' laughter from somewhere far off.