noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
adhesion; sticking together
Physical sense of things sticking or being glued together; also used in technical contexts like linguistics for agglutination.
高温で樹脂が膠着した。
The resin adhered at high temperature.
膠着語では、接辞が次
In agglutinative languages, affixes stick to each other one after another.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
deadlock; stalemate; standstill
Figurative extension: a situation where progress is stuck, often used in politics, negotiations, or games. Frequently appears in the compound 膠着状態.
See also: 膠着状態
交渉は膠着状態に陥った。
The negotiations fell into a deadlock.
試合は膠着したまま延長戦に入った。
The game remained stalemated and went into overtime.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
Technical linguistic term for the morphological process where morphemes are joined together with little change.
日本語の動詞活用は膠着の例としてよく挙げられる。
Japanese verb conjugation is often cited as an example of agglutination.