How to say "connect" in Japanese

• つけるJLPT N5approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbCovers the physical sense of connecting or attaching one thing to another, such as joining parts together. Also broadly means to attach or add, so context matters.
  おまえの上着うわぎは私の勘定かんじょうにつけておきなさい。↗

  Put your coat on my account.
• つなぐJLPT N3approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbThe core verb for connecting or linking things together, whether physically (tying, joining) or in the sense of linking separate things so they are joined or continuous.
• 乗り継ぐのりつぐCommon
  godan verb, transitive verbSpecifically about making a connection in travel: changing to a different flight, train, or other service to continue a journey. Use this only for that transport sense.
• 通るとおるJLPT N4approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbUsed when a rail service, bus route, or similar runs or operates between places, so the route 'connects' two points. It is really about the service running, not about joining things.
  駅えきと飛行機ひこうきの間あいだは、バスが通かよっている。↗

  Buses run between the station and the airport.
• 結びつけるむすびつけるJLPT N1approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbFor connecting or linking one thing with another, often bringing separate items or ideas together. Suits logical or associational connections rather than physical joining.
  我々われわれはしばしば黒色くろいろを死しと結び付むすびつけて考かんがえる。↗

  We often associate black with death.

Choose 「つける」 for physically attaching or joining things, 「つなぐ」 for linking things together, 「乗り継ぐ」 for changing flights or trains, 「通る」 for services that run between places, and 「結びつける」 for connecting one thing with another conceptually.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• つけるto attach
• つなぐto connect
• 乗り継ぐのりつぐto connect (with a different flight, train, etc.)
• つなげるto connect
• コネクトconnect
• つなぎ合わせるつなぎあわせるto connect
• 引き結ぶひきむすぶto connect
• 関連付けるかんれんづけるto connect
• 結び合わせるむすびあわせるto tie
• 結び合わすむすびあわすto tie
• 紐づけるひもづけるto link (information, accounts, etc.)
• 通るとおるto run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.)
• 結びつけるむすびつけるto connect (one thing with another)
• 絡ますからますto connect
• 絡ませるからませるto connect
• 付け合せるつけあわせるto join together
• 合わせるあわせるto place together
• 通すとおすto connect (e.g. two places)
• 結ぶむすぶto connect (two distant places)
• つぐto connect (stones)
• 合わすあわすto place together
• きまるto be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
• 接するせっするto make touch