結束|けっそくkessoku[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbunion; unity; solidarity
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbbundling; binding; tying
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbputting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 結束する（けっそくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 結束します（けっそくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 結束しない（けっそくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 結束しません（けっそくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 結束せず・結束せぬ（けっそくせず・けっそくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 結束した（けっそくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 結束しました（けっそくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 結束しなかった（けっそくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 結束しませんでした（けっそくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 結束して（けっそくして） |
| Potential | 結束できる（けっそくできる） |
| Passive | 結束される（けっそくされる） |
| Causative | 結束させる（けっそくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 結束させられる（けっそくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 結束すれば（けっそくすれば） |
| tara | 結束したら（けっそくしたら） |
| Volitional | 結束しよう（けっそくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 結束しましょう（けっそくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 結束しろ（けっそくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym団結だんけつNeutralTo unite as one group, stressing collective resolve; 「結束」 stresses being tightly knit together and can also mean bundling or tying.
- Synonym連帯れんたいWrittenWritten: solidarity and mutual support; 「結束」 stresses a group's internal unity.
- Synonym一致団結いっちだんけつWrittenWritten idiom: a four-character term for everyone uniting as one heart, stressing the degree of unity; 「結束」 is the more concise word.
- Related連合れんごうNeutralOrganizations joining into a union or alliance; 「結束」 is about unity within a single group.
- Related共同きょうどうNeutralDoing something jointly or in cooperation; 「結束」 stresses close solidarity within a group.
- Related合同ごうどうWrittenWritten: holding something jointly, as in 「合同練習」; 「結束」 is about a group's internal unity.
- Related組むくむCasualColloquial: to team up or pair with someone, as in 「タッグを組む」; 「結束」 is about solidarity.
- Related合体がったいNeutralTwo or more things merging into a single body; 「結束」 is about people's hearts being united.
- Related合わすあわすNeutralRead 「あわす」: to combine or coordinate efforts, as in 「力を合わす」; 「結束」 stresses unity of purpose.
- Related合すがっすNeutralIdentical to the entry above; 「合す」 is merely another way of writing 「合わす」, with the same meaning.
- Related一体化いったいかWrittenWritten: integrating or fusing separate things into one; 「結束」 is about close unity of hearts.
- Related合するがっするWrittenWritten-style: to join or merge together; 「結束」 stresses group solidarity.
- Related一緒になるいっしょになるCasualColloquial: to come together or to get married; 「結束」 is about solidarity.
- Related連帯意識れんたいいしきWrittenWritten: the feeling of solidarity — the psychological side; 「結束」 denotes the state of being united.
- Antonym分裂ぶんれつNeutralAntonym: a split or division; the opposite of tightly united 「結束」.
- Antonym離反りはんWrittenWritten antonym: growing estranged and turning away; the opposite of wholeheartedly united 「結束」.
Use 「結束」 for a group bound tightly together, as in 「チームの結束」. For uniting as a group say 「団結」; for all uniting as one, 「一致団結」; for solidarity and mutual support, 「連帯」; for the opposite, a split, 「分裂」.
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