What does this person mean by "doryo" in this context?


Two Japanese-fluent characters in an English novel I'm reading are talking
about a specific heart problem one character concealed from medical exams.
That character is requesting the second character keep this secret, lest they
be kicked off the mission.

The second character drops briefly into Japanese:

> "Watakushi no doryo wa, wakarimasu," Nicole said kindly, changing into
> Japanese to show sympathy for her colleague's anguish.

Both characters are fluent, and I believe the writer was as well.

One of the problems here is whether "doryo" should be written どりょ or どりょう -
this would help with translation. However, none of the translation services
I've tried actually seem to translate this in any way which makes sense. The
closest I've gotten from Google has been "magnanimity" - but I don't think
this makes contextual sense.

What is the meaning of this statement, and how should "doryo" be written in
hiragana?




It is likely `[同僚]{どう・りょう}` which means "colleague"/"coworker".




It is likely `[同僚]{どう・りょう}` which means "colleague"/"coworker".

