Translation guide
The state of sticking together, or the quality of being logically connected. This guide covers how to express physical adhesion, social unity, and logical coherence in Japanese.
Describing substances, particles, or materials that adhere or hold together.
Technical term for cohesion of particles, molecules, or cells. Common in scientific contexts.
This powder tends to cohere easily.
Adhesion or sticking to a surface. Often used for glue, paint, or dirt.
The paint has weak adhesion.
Stickiness, adhesion, especially for tapes or sticky substances.
This tape has strong adhesion.
Bundling or binding together physically, but more often used metaphorically for unity.
Bundle the cables with a cable tie.
Describing the togetherness, solidarity, or unity of a group, team, or society.
Unity, solidarity, bonding within a group. Often used for teams, organizations, or communities.
The team's cohesion strengthened.
Solidarity, union, especially for a common purpose or against opposition. Slightly more political or activist nuance.
Sense of unity, feeling of oneness. Emphasizes the emotional or psychological aspect.
Solidarity, especially in social or political contexts. Often used in phrases like 連帯責任 (collective responsibility).
Describing how well ideas, arguments, or parts of a text fit together logically.
Consistency, coherence. Used for arguments, policies, or narratives that are logically consistent.
His argument lacks cohesion.
Cohesion, specifically in linguistics or text analysis. Technical term for how sentences are linked.
This text lacks cohesion.
Logical consistency. Emphasizes the rational connection between ideas.
Consistency from beginning to end. Idiomatic four-character compound.
結束 (kessoku) is the most general for group unity, often used in team or organizational contexts. 団結 (danketsu) implies solidarity against something or for a cause, with a slightly more activist tone. 一体感 (ittaikan) focuses on the emotional sense of oneness, like team spirit.
The English word 'cohesion' is often translated directly as 凝集 (gyōshū), but this is only for physical/scientific contexts. For social unity, use 結束, 団結, or 一体感 depending on nuance. Using 凝集 for people sounds unnatural.
social cohesion
We held an event to strengthen our unity.
労働者が団結してストライキを行った。
The workers united and went on strike.
A sense of cohesion emerged through this project.
地域の連帯を強める必要がある。
We need to strengthen community cohesion.
I revised the structure to improve the cohesion of the paper.
His theory maintains logical cohesion.
His actions are consistent throughout.