合がっ筆ぴつ

also: ごうひつ

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Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

land consolidation; consolidation of lots

Legal and administrative term for merging adjacent land parcels into a single lot. Used in real estate and cadastral contexts.

隣りん接せつする土と地ちを合がっ筆ぴつして、大おおきな敷しき地ちにした。
They consolidated the adjacent lots into one large parcel.
合がっ筆ぴつ登とう記

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の

手て

続つづ

き

に

は

、

法ほう

務む

局きょく

で

の

申しん

請せい

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必ひつ

要よう

だ

。

To register a land consolidation, you need to apply at the Legal Affairs Bureau.

Written forms

合筆Usage100%
- がっぴつ
  Standard kanji spelling for the common reading がっぴつ.
- ごうひつ
  Alternate reading; less common than がっぴつ.
ごうひつ

Kanji

合fit, suit, join
筆writing brush, writing, painting brush

Similar words

分ぶん筆ぴつ
分筆 means subdividing a land parcel, the opposite of 合筆.

Etymology

Compound of 合 (combine) and 筆 (brush, but here used in the sense of a plot of land, from the idea of a brushstroke delineating a boundary). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is conventionally associated with land registration.