合ごう

noun

traditional area unit; about 0.33 square meters

Traditional unit of area equal to one-tenth of a 坪, about 0.33 square meters. This is uncommon in ordinary modern conversation and is more likely in old measurements or records.

• 古ふるい土と地ち台だい帳ちょうには、面めん積せきが三さん坪つぼ五ご合ごうと記しるされている。

  In the old land register, the area is recorded as three tsubo and five gō.

noun

one-tenth stage of a mountain ascent

Used in mountain-stage expressions such as 五合目, where the climb from base to summit is divided into ten parts.

• 富ふ士じ山さんの五ご合ごう目めまでバスで行いった。

  We went by bus as far as the fifth station of Mt. Fuji.

noun

conjunction

Astronomy term for conjunction, especially when a celestial body appears in the same direction as the sun or another body. Often appears in compounds such as 内合 and 外合.

See also: 衝

• 天てん文もん暦れきには、金きん星せいの内ない合ごうの日ひ付づけが載のっている。

  The astronomical calendar lists the date of Venus's inferior conjunction.

noun

sum; total

Short or table-style use corresponding to 合計. It is more natural in headings, forms, ledgers, or labels than as an ordinary standalone word in conversation.

See also: 合計

• 伝でん票ぴょうの最さい後ごの欄らんに「合ごう」と書かいて総そう額がくを示しめす。

  The final column of the slip is marked 合 to show the total amount.

noun

synthesis in dialectics

Philosophical term in dialectics, especially in the triad 正・反・合, corresponding to synthesis after thesis and antithesis.

See also: 総合 · 正反合

• 弁べん証しょう法ほうでは、正せいと反はんの対たい立りつから合ごうが生うまれると説せつ明めいされる。

  In dialectics, synthesis is explained as arising from the conflict between thesis and antithesis.

noun

minor premise in hetuvidya

Specialized term in Buddhist/Indian logic, called hetuvidya in English. This is not a general modern use of 合.

• 因いん明みょうの説せつ明めいでは、「合ごう」を小しょう前ぜん提ていに当あたる語ごとして扱あつかうことがある。

  In explanations of hetuvidya, 合 may be treated as the term corresponding to the minor premise.

counter

counter for covered containers

Counter use for lidded or covered containers. It is limited and uncommon in present-day everyday Japanese, so it is most likely to be encountered in specialized, historical, or dictionary contexts.

• 蓋ふたのある容よう器きを数かぞえる古ふるい用よう法ほうで、「一いち合ごう、二に合ごう」と言いうことがある。

  In an older usage for counting lidded containers, one may say ichigō, nigō.

counter

counter for matches or clashes; bout; exchange

Counter for bouts, battles, or exchanges of blows. In modern Japanese it is mainly literary or fixed-phrase-like, as in 一合交える.

• 二人ふたりの剣けん士しは一いち合ごう交まじえただけで間ま合あいを取とった。

  The two swordsmen exchanged just one clash before taking distance.