両立

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 両立 is a noun read りょうりつ, meaning maintaining two different demands together without abandoning either. It forms the verb 両立する.
• Basic usage: It can describe balancing work and study or achieving both speed and accuracy.
  • 仕事と勉強を両立するため朝の時間を使う。 says that the morning hours are used to balance work and study; 速さと正確さの両立は簡単ではない。 says that combining speed and accuracy is not easy.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 仕事と勉強を両立する
  • と joins work and study as the two demands being maintained together.
• 両立は簡単ではない
  • ではない says that combining speed and accuracy is not easy; it does not state that doing so is impossible.
• 両立 and 両方
  • 両立 means making two things work together, while 両方 simply refers to both things.