組み合わせ・組合せ・組合わせ・組み合せ|くみあわせkumiawase[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Which spelling to use
組み合わせ組み合わせ is the most common spelling. As a beginner, use it in your own Japanese unless you have a reason to reproduce another spelling.
組合せ組合せ is less common than 組み合わせ. It is an alternative kanji-and-kana spelling you may encounter in written Japanese.
組合わせ組合わせ is less common than 組み合わせ and 組合せ. It is an alternative kanji-and-kana spelling you may encounter in writing.
組み合せ組み合せ is the least common of these four spellings. Treat it as an alternative you may encounter in written Japanese, rather than your first choice.
Definitions
  1. nouncombination; assortment; set
    一いち国こくにとって金融きんゆう政策せいさくと財政ざいせい政策せいさくの適切てきせつな組み合くみあわせが大切たいせつである。↗
    It is important for a nation to have an adequate mix of monetary and fiscal policies.
  2. nounmatching (in a contest); pairing
  3. noun, mathcombination
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym取り合わせとりあわせNeutralThe effect of things put together, as in 「色の取り合わせ」 or 「奇妙な取り合わせ」. Unlike 「組み合わせ」, it is not used for matchings in a contest.
  • Synonym合わせあわせNeutralJoining or facing things together; mostly appears in compounds such as 「打ち合わせ」 rather than standing alone.
  • Related結合けつごうWrittenA written, technical term for joining or bonding, e.g. chemical bonds; 「組み合わせ」 is the more everyday word for combining things.
  • Related合わせものあわせものNeutralA physical object made by joining pieces together; 「組み合わせ」 focuses on the way of combining rather than the resulting item.
  • Related組み物くみものNeutralA set of things grouped together, or braided work; in architecture, the bracketing above pillars. 「組み合わせ」 stresses how items are paired.
  • Antonym分解ぶんかいNeutralTaking something apart or breaking it down into components — the opposite of the combining that 「組み合わせ」 describes.
  • Antonym分離ぶんりNeutralSeparating or detaching things from one another — the opposite of 「組み合わせ」, which puts several things together.
  • Antonym単独たんどくNeutralBeing single or acting alone — the opposite of 「組み合わせ」, which combines multiple things.

Use 「組み合わせ」 for combining, matching or contest pairings. For how things look together say 「取り合わせ」; for technical or chemical bonding 「結合」; for taking apart 「分解」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 組み合くみあわせること。
  2. 幾いくつかの要素ようその集あつまりからある個数こすうの要素ようそを、順序じゅんじょを区別くべつせずに選び出えらびだす選び方えらびかた。
  3. くみあわせるの未然みぜん・連用形れんようけい。
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