How to say "combine" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 組み合わせるくみあわせるichidan verb, transitive verbCovers the transitive sense of combining separate things: putting items, ingredients, colors or people together into a combination or pairing. A natural choice when you deliberately combine A with B.
- 交えるまじえるichidan verb, transitive verbCovers combining as mixing one thing in among others so the elements are interspersed, such as blending an ingredient into a mixture. It is 'mix in' rather than assembling separate parts into a whole.
- 合わさるあわさるgodan verb, intransitive verbThe intransitive side of 'combine': things join, come together or unite — two parts merging into one. Use it when the subject is the things that combine, not someone doing the combining.
- nounNot a way to say the verb 'combine': this noun, a shortened form of 'combine harvester', names the farm machine that harvests grain. For any other sense of 'combine' it is not the word you want.
- 合わせるあわせるichidan verb, transitive verbTransitive: to join things together, unite them, or add numbers up. Choose it when you actively bring two or more things together into one, including the 'add up' sense for figures.
Use 「組み合わせる」 or 「合わせる」 to combine things actively, 「交える」 to mix something in among others, 「合わさる」 when things join or unite on their own, and 「コンバイン」 only for the harvesting machine.
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Japanese equivalents
- 組み合わせるくみあわせるto put together
- 交えるまじえるto mix
- 合わさるあわさるto join
- コンバインcombine
- 混ぜ合わせるまぜあわせるto mix
- 組み合わさるくみあわさるto interlace
- 組み合わすくみあわすto put together
- コンツェルンgroup of companies
- 合するがっするto join together
- 抱き合わせるだきあわせるto cause to embrace
- 合すがっすto join together
- 合わせるあわせるto join together
- 合わすあわすto join together
- 結びつけるむすびつけるto connect (one thing with another)
- ない交ぜるないまぜるto mix
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