併合|へいごうheigou[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbmerger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation; absorption
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 併合する（へいごうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 併合します（へいごうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 併合しない（へいごうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 併合しません（へいごうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 併合せず・併合せぬ（へいごうせず・へいごうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 併合した（へいごうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 併合しました（へいごうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 併合しなかった（へいごうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 併合しませんでした（へいごうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 併合して（へいごうして） |
| Potential | 併合できる（へいごうできる） |
| Passive | 併合される（へいごうされる） |
| Causative | 併合させる（へいごうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 併合させられる（へいごうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 併合すれば（へいごうすれば） |
| tara | 併合したら（へいごうしたら） |
| Volitional | 併合しよう（へいごうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 併合しましょう（へいごうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 併合しろ（へいごうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym合同ごうどうWrittenWritten/formal: joining into one body, or congruence in geometry, as in 「合同会議」. 「併合」 centers on merging several parties into one.
- Synonym合併がっぺいNeutralNeutral: the usual word for mergers of companies or municipalities, as in 「市町村合併」. 「併合」 leans toward annexing territory or consolidating trials.
- Synonym合体がったいNeutralNeutral: two things fusing into a single body, like robots combining. 「併合」 is for merging territories or organizations.
- Synonym結合けつごうNeutralNeutral: binding or linking things together, also chemical bonds, as in 「結合部分」. 「併合」 is for merging organizations or territories.
- Synonym合わさるあわさるNeutralNeutral verb: two things fitting snugly together, as in 「手が合わさる」. 「併合」 concerns merging organizations or territories.
- Synonym一体化いったいかWrittenWritten/formal: blending into one integrated whole, as in 「官民一体化」. 「併合」 stresses merging into a single unit, typical of territory or trials.
- Synonym合一ごういつWrittenWritten/formal and abstract: two things becoming one, as in 「知行合一」. 「併合」 is concrete, merging territories or organizations.
- Related連合れんごうNeutralNeutral: uniting for a common goal while each party stays independent, as in 「国際連合」. 「併合」 means merging into a single body.
- Related同化どうかNeutralNeutral: assimilation, where ideas or cultures are absorbed. 「併合」 is the formal merging of territories or organizations into one.
- Related合するがっするWrittenWritten/formal verb: to come together or converge, as streams or groups joining. 「併合」 centers on merging several parties into one.
- Related一緒になるいっしょになるCasualColloquial idiom: things coming together as one, or two people marrying. 「併合」 is written style, used in political and legal contexts.
- Antonym分離ぶんりNeutralNeutral: separating or detaching things. Opposite of 「併合」 in the contrast between joining into one and coming apart.
- Antonym分割ぶんかつNeutralNeutral: dividing a whole into several parts, as in 「分割払い」. The reverse of 「併合」, which makes several things one.
Use 「併合」 for merging territory or organizations into one, as in 「韓国併合」 or 「併合審理」. For company or municipal mergers pick 「合併」; for alliances whose members stay independent, 「連合」. The opposites are 「分離」 and 「分割」.
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