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連合 (れんごう, rengou) Japanese meaning: union | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 連合する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 連れん 合ごう する 連れん 合ごう しない Polite 連れん 合ごう します 連れん 合ごう しません Past polite 連れん 合ごう しました 連れん 合ごう しませんでした Past 連れん 合ごう した 連れん 合ごう しなかった Te-form 連れん 合ごう して 連れん 合ごう しないで Desire 連れん 合ごう したい 連れん 合ごう したくない Potential 連れん 合ごう できる 連れん 合ごう できない Passive 連れん 合ごう される 連れん 合ごう されない Causative 連れん 合ごう させる 連れん 合ごう させない Causative passive 連れん 合ごう させられる 連れん 合ごう させられない Volitional 連れん 合ごう しよう Polite volitional 連れん 合ごう しましょう Imperative 連れん 合ごう しろ 連れん 合ごう するな Conditional 連れん 合ごう すれば 連れん 合ごう しなければ Tara conditional 連れん 合ごう したら 連れん 合ごう しなかったら
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労ろう 働どう 組くみ 合あい が 連れん 合ごう し て ストライキ を 行おこな っ た 。
The labor unions formed a coalition and went on strike.
The European Union is made up of many countries.
Usage patterns 〈 組そ 織しき 〉 と 連れん 合ごう を 組く む to form an alliance with 〈an organization〉
The workers formed an alliance to stand up against the company.
〈 国くに 〉 が 連れん 合ごう を 結けっ 成せい する for 〈countries〉 to form an alliance
Several countries formed an economic alliance.
〈 相あい 手て 〉 と 連れん 合ごう する to unite or ally with 〈someone/some party〉
The small country allied with the great power to secure its safety.
連れん 合ごう を 解かい 消しょう する to dissolve an alliance or union
The two companies dissolved their alliance.
Related words· 8 同盟 usually implies a tighter, often military or political pact, while 連合 refers to a broader, looser union or coalition.
連盟 is typically used for leagues or federations (e.g., sports or professional bodies), whereas 連合 is used more generally for alliances of any kind.
提携 emphasizes cooperative partnership (often business) between entities that keep their separate identities, while 連合 suggests forming a more formal, unified alliance.
連合 is a general term for an alliance or federation of groups (often political), while コンソーシアム specifically denotes a formal, often temporary joint venture among companies or institutions for a specific project.
Show 4 more 連合 is a broad term for any union or alliance, while 連邦 specifically means a political federation of states with a central government.
連合 is a broader term for any union or federation (e.g. labor unions, international bodies), while 連立 specifically refers to a coalition, especially a coalition government formed by multiple political parties.
連合 describes a federation or alliance formed by joining several separate groups, whereas 組合 is itself a single organized body.
連合 emphasizes a looser union or coalition of groups working together, while フェデレーション suggests a more formally structured federated organization.
Don't confuse with 統合 means to integrate or merge separate parts into a single unified whole, while 連合 means to form an alliance among parts that still keep their own identities.
連合 means a coalition or union in the abstract sense (e.g. 労働組合の連合), while 連合会 is the concrete organizational body itself with that name.
連行 (れんこう, taking someone into custody) and 連合 (れんごう, an alliance or union) share the kanji 連 and a similar sound but have completely unrelated meanings.
Word family· 16 federation; union; alliance
association; federation; union
allied nations; alliance of countries · the Allies; Allied powers
allied forces; the Allies
Written forms 連れん 合ごう Usage 99%
Standard modern spelling.
聯れん 合ごう Usage 1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used older form; 連合 is preferred in modern Japanese.
Etymology From Middle Chinese 聯合 (ljen hop), meaning 'to join together'. The kanji 連 means 'link' or 'take along', and 合 means 'fit' or 'join'. The modern form 連合 replaced 聯合 in Japanese usage.
association area; association cortex
Show 6 more cartel; syndicate
personal union
federation of states; confederation of nations
coalition of the Socialist Party and the Komeito
association of ideas; mental association
combined operation; joint operation
