かたん
Katan
Other forms: 荷担
加担 (Katan) is a Japanese noun meaning “support, participation, assistance, complicity”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbsupport; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
Examples
彼は罪のない若者を悪事に加担させるようそそのかしていた。
He was egging an innocent young man on to join him in his crooked deal.
外国勢力に加担するスパイ活動にたずさわるならば、あなたは祖国を裏切ることになる。
If you engage in espionage for a foreign power, you are selling your country down the river.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).