Translation guide
The act of becoming a member of a group, organization, or activity, or the act of connecting or combining things.
To express the act of entering or enrolling in a group, club, company, or organization.
The most common word for joining a formal organization, club, or society. Often used for memberships.
I plan on joining the tennis club next month.
Used for joining systems, insurance, unions, or formal groups. Slightly more administrative than 入会.
Are you enrolled in health insurance?
Means 'participation' and is used for joining events, activities, or projects rather than formal membership.
Will you join tomorrow's meeting?
Specifically for joining a company as an employee.
He joined a major company in April.
Specifically for entering a school or university.
My daughter will enter university next year.
To express the physical act of connecting two or more things together.
General term for connecting things, especially in technical contexts like cables, pipes, or networks.
Please connect this cable to the computer.
Implies a stronger, more permanent joining, often used in chemistry, engineering, or abstract unions.
Used for linking things in a chain or series, like train cars or data sets.
A common, everyday verb meaning 'to connect' or 'to link'. Can be used for physical objects, hands, or abstract connections.
Means 'to combine' or 'to merge', often used in fiction for robots or in casual contexts for groups uniting.
To express the act of getting in line or joining a queue.
To express the act of taking part in an ongoing activity or conversation.
Intransitive verb meaning 'to join in' or 'to participate'. Used for joining a group activity or conversation already in progress.
Won't you join our game?
Intransitive verb meaning 'to mix' or 'to blend in'. Used casually for joining a group or crowd.
入会 (にゅうかい) is for clubs and societies with membership. 加入 (かにゅう) is for systems like insurance or unions. 参加 (さんか) is for events and activities without formal membership.
The loanword ジョインする exists but is not natural in most contexts. Use the appropriate Japanese verb instead.
Join a meeting.
これらの部品を結合して一つのユニットにする。
Join these parts together to make one unit.
列車を連結する作業は慎重に行われる。
The work of coupling train cars is done carefully.
Let's walk holding hands.
Connect the computer to the internet.
二つの会社が合体して大きな会社になった。
The two companies merged to become a big company.
This is the end of the line. Please line up here.
彼はすぐに地元の人たちに混ざった。
He quickly joined in with the locals.