noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
General act of attaching or linking things together, often used in compound contexts. Can be used as a noun or with する as a transitive verb.
二つの文章を付会して一つのレポートにまとめた。
I connected the two texts and combined them into one report.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
forced inference; strained analogy
Used in the idiom 牽強付会 (けんきょうふかい) meaning 'strained interpretation' or 'forced logic'. Rarely used alone outside this compound.
See also: 牽強付会
彼の説明は牽強付会で、誰も納得しなかった。
His explanation was a forced analogy, and no one was convinced.