合がっ併ぺい

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合併する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	合がっ併ぺいする	合がっ併ぺいしない
Polite	合がっ併ぺいします	合がっ併ぺいしません
Past polite	合がっ併ぺいしました	合がっ併ぺいしませんでした
Past	合がっ併ぺいした	合がっ併ぺいしなかった
Te-form	合がっ併ぺいして	合がっ併ぺいしないで
Desire	合がっ併ぺいしたい	合がっ併ぺいしたくない
Potential	合がっ併ぺいできる	合がっ併ぺいできない
Passive	合がっ併ぺいされる	合がっ併ぺいされない
Causative	合がっ併ぺいさせる	合がっ併ぺいさせない
Causative passive	合がっ併ぺいさせられる	合がっ併ぺいさせられない
Volitional	合がっ併ぺいしよう
Polite volitional	合がっ併ぺいしましょう
Imperative	合がっ併ぺいしろ	合がっ併ぺいするな
Conditional	合がっ併ぺいすれば	合がっ併ぺいしなければ
Tara conditional	合がっ併ぺいしたら	合がっ併ぺいしなかったら

Meanings

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

merger; amalgamation; consolidation

Used for the joining of organizations, municipalities, or entities into one. Common in business and administrative contexts.

来らい月げつ、二ふたつの会かい社しゃが合がっ併ぺいする予よ定ていだ。
The two companies are scheduled to merge next month.
市し町ちょう村そん合がっ併ぺいで新あたらしい市しが生うまれた。
A new city was created through a municipal merger.

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Usage patterns

〈会かい社しゃ〉と合がっ併ぺいするto merge with a company
その会かい社しゃは来らい年ねん、大おお手て企き業ぎょうと合がっ併ぺいする予よ定ていだ。
The company plans to merge with a major firm next year.
合がっ併ぺいを発はっ表ぴょうするto announce a merger
両りょう社しゃは今朝けさ、合がっ併ぺいを発はっ表ぴょうした。
The two companies announced their merger this morning.
〈市し〉と〈町まち〉が合がっ併ぺいするfor a city and town to merge (into one municipality)
この地ち域いきでは市しと町まちが合がっ併ぺいして新あたらしい市しになった。
In this region, the city and town merged to form a new city.
合がっ併ぺいが決けっ定ていするfor a merger to be decided/finalized
取とり締しまり役やく会かいで合がっ併ぺいが決けっ定ていした。
The merger was decided at the board meeting.

Expressions

平へい成せいの大だい合がっ併ぺいHeisei-era great municipal mergers; large-scale municipal mergers of the Heisei era

Kanji

合fit, suit, join
併join, get together, unite

Transitive / intransitive

合併 itself can describe both a transitive and intransitive action: transitively, one might say 二社を合併する (to merge two companies), while intransitively 二社が合併する (the two companies merge).

Related words· 7

統とう合ごうN1
統合 emphasizes integrating separate systems or organizations into a unified whole, while 合併 specifically refers to a legal or corporate merger of entities.
買ばい収しゅうN1
買収 means one company buys out another (acquisition), whereas 合併 implies the two entities join together as equals or by mutual agreement.
合がっ体たい
合併 is the formal term for mergers of companies, organizations, or municipalities, while 合体 is broader and can describe any physical or fictional joining into one.
併へい合ごう
合併 is the common term for a merger between roughly equal parties (especially companies), while 併合 more often implies one entity absorbing or annexing another.

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融ゆう合ごうN1
合併 is typically used for formal mergers of companies or municipalities, whereas 融合 is broader and can describe cultural, physical, or conceptual blending.
合ごう流りゅうN2
合併 refers to a formal or legal merger, such as companies or towns combining, whereas 合流 is broader and can describe people, water, or traffic joining together.
合ごう同どうN2
合併 is the specific, often legal term for merging companies or municipalities, whereas 合同 is a more general word for joining or combining.

Opposites

分ぶん割かつN1
分割 means splitting or dividing something into parts, the opposite of 合併, which means combining separate entities into one.

Don't confuse with

併へい発はつ
合併 usually means a merger or combination of entities like companies, while 併発 means the simultaneous occurrence of events or symptoms.
合ごう弁べん
合弁 means forming a joint venture while keeping separate companies, whereas 合併 means merging two companies into a single entity.

Word family· 11

合がっ併ぺい症しょう
complication
合がっ併ぺい号ごう
double issue; combined issue
企き業ぎょう合がっ併ぺい
corporate merger; business combination
合がっ併ぺい企き業ぎょう
merged company; merged enterprise
合がっ併ぺい会かい社しゃ
merged company; combined company

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合がっ併ぺい比ひ率りつ
merger ratio; exchange ratio
合がっ併ぺい活かつ動どう
merger activity; merger and acquisition activity
合がっ併ぺい集しゅう合ごう
union (set theory)
吸きゅう収しゅう合がっ併ぺい
merger; takeover; acquisition by merger
新しん設せつ合がっ併ぺい
consolidation-type merger; consolidation
町ちょう村そん合がっ併ぺい
merger of towns and villages

Etymology

Compound of 合 (join, combine) and 併 (unite, merge). The reading がっぺい is a regular on'yomi combination with rendaku on the second character.