コネ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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abbreviation

Abbreviation of コネクション. Refers to personal connections or influence used to gain an advantage, often in job hunting or business.

コネを使つかうto use one's connections/pull
彼かれは父ちち親おやのコネを使つかってその会かい社しゃに入はいった。
He got into that company by using his father's connections.
コネがあるto have connections/pull (somewhere)
その業ぎょう界かいにコネがある人ひとは仕し事ごとを見みつけやすい。
People who have connections in that industry find it easier to get jobs.
コネで〈動どう詞し〉to do something through connections/pull
彼かの女じょはコネで採さい用ようされたと言いわれている。
It's said that she was hired through connections.

コネクション
コネ is the casual, everyday abbreviation, while コネクション is the fuller form and sounds slightly more formal or technical.
つて
コネ usually implies using influence to gain an unfair advantage, while 伝手 is a more neutral word for a personal contact or connection through which one gets help or information.
縁えん故こ
コネ is the casual, spoken word for pull or connections, while 縁故 is a more formal, often written term used for nepotism-based hiring or relationships.
引ひきN2
コネ is casual slang for personal connections used to get favors, while 引き is a slightly more formal noun for one's overall pull or influence.
人じん脈みゃく
コネ is a casual, sometimes negative term for using connections to gain an unfair advantage, while 人脈 is a neutral term for one's professional network.

Abbreviation of コネクション, from English 'connection'.