カップリング

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Meanings

General mechanical or abstract sense of linking two things together. Used in engineering, music, and everyday contexts.

shipping; pairing characters romantically

Fandom term for imagining or depicting two characters in a romantic relationship, especially in fan fiction, manga, and anime contexts.

〈物もの〉と〈物もの〉をカップリングするto couple/join one thing with another
配はい管かんの端はしと端はしをカップリングして固こ定ていした。
They coupled the ends of the pipes together and secured them.
〈人ひと〉と〈人ひと〉をカップリングするto ship/pair two characters romantically
ファンは主人公しゅじんことライバルをカップリングして楽たのしんでいる。
Fans enjoy shipping the protagonist with the rival character.

連れん結けつ sense 1
連結 is the standard technical term for physically joining two parts together, while カップリング is often used as a loanword in the same mechanical sense but also extends to abstract and fandom contexts.
ペアリング sense 2
ペアリング is another loanword used in fandom circles for imagining two characters as a romantic pair, essentially interchangeable with カップリング in this sense.
接せつ続ぞくN2sense 1
接続 is the general word for connecting things (e.g. cables, networks), whereas カップリング specifically emphasizes joining two matched parts or components.
ＣＰ
ＣＰ is fandom slang shorthand, while カップリング is the fuller loanword for pairing characters romantically.

分ぶん離りN1sense 1
分離 means to separate or disconnect two joined parts, the opposite of カップリング in its mechanical sense.

Borrowed from English 'coupling'.