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連結 (れんけつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
connection ; linking ; joining ; coupling ; consolidation
Broadly used for physical, mechanical, or abstract linking of separate things into a connected whole. The business sense of consolidating accounts is a specific application.
連れん 結けつ 決けっ 算さん の 対たい 象しょう と なる 子こ 会がい 社しゃ 。
A subsidiary subject to consolidated accounting.
Similar words 接せつ 続ぞく 接続 is more common for connecting devices, networks, or transport, while 連結 emphasizes physically joining or linking separate units into a chain or whole.
結けつ 合ごう 結合 often implies a stronger or more permanent union, such as chemical bonding or marriage, whereas 連結 can be more mechanical or functional.
Etymology Compound of 連 (ren, 'link, connect') and 結 (ketsu, 'tie, bind'). The combination naturally yields the meaning of linking or joining things together.
