融合|ゆうごうyuugou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. suru verb, intransitive verb, no-adjectiveagglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
    第だい3の問題点もんだいてんは、エメットが自分じぶんの理論りろんとデザインの現実げんじつの融合ゆうごうを図はかったということである。↗
    The third point to make is that Emmet attempted to harmonize his theory with the reality of designing.
Conjugation
Dictionary form融合する(ゆうごうする)
Polite (masu)融合します(ゆうごうします)
Negative (nai)融合しない(ゆうごうしない)
polite (masen)融合しません(ゆうごうしません)
classical zu / nu融合せず・融合せぬ(ゆうごうせず・ゆうごうせぬ)
Past (ta)融合した(ゆうごうした)
polite (mashita)融合しました(ゆうごうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)融合しなかった(ゆうごうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)融合しませんでした(ゆうごうしませんでした)
Te form融合して(ゆうごうして)
Potential融合できる(ゆうごうできる)
Passive融合される(ゆうごうされる)
Causative融合させる(ゆうごうさせる)
Causative passive融合させられる(ゆうごうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)融合すれば(ゆうごうすれば)
tara融合したら(ゆうごうしたら)
Volitional融合しよう(ゆうごうしよう)
polite (mashou)融合しましょう(ゆうごうしましょう)
Imperative融合しろ(ゆうごうしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym結合けつごうNeutralNeutral word for joining or linking things together, including chemical bonds as in 「分子の結合」. 融合 suggests different things blending until their boundaries disappear.
  • Synonym合体がったいNeutralNeutral word for two things merging into a single form, a physical joining. 融合 implies blending so thoroughly that the two can no longer be told apart.
  • Synonym合同ごうどうWrittenWritten/formal word for joint or combined action, as in 「合同練習」. 融合 implies blending into one rather than acting together.
  • Synonym合わさるあわさるNeutralNeutral verb for two things fitting or fastening together. 融合 suggests a blending of qualities, not just physical contact.
  • Synonym一体化いったいかWrittenWritten/formal term for integrating separate things into one, as in 「官民一体化」. 融合 is about the blending of qualities rather than structural integration.
  • Related合併がっぺいWrittenWritten/formal word for mergers of companies or municipalities — joining at the organizational level. 融合 is about cultural or qualitative blending.
  • Related統一とういつNeutralNeutral word for unifying things into one, as in 「意見を統一」. 融合 suggests different things blending together rather than being brought under one.
  • Related合流ごうりゅうNeutralNeutral word for rivers or groups of people converging, as in 「駅で合流」. 融合 implies blending into one rather than simply meeting up.
  • Related合一ごういつWrittenWritten/formal word for becoming one, as in 「知行合一」. 融合 stresses different things melting together into a single whole.
  • Related合するがっするWrittenWritten/formal verb for joining or uniting things. 融合 leans toward different elements blending into one.
  • Related一緒になるいっしょになるCasualColloquial phrase for things coming together, or for two people getting married. 融合 is more written and speaks of qualities blending.
  • Antonym分離ぶんりNeutralNeutral word for separating things or coming apart — the opposite of 融合 in the contrast between joining and separating.
  • Antonym分裂ぶんれつNeutralNeutral word for one thing splitting into several parts, as in 「党が分裂」 — the opposite of 融合's becoming one.

Use 「融合」 when different things blend into one, as in 「東西文化の融合」 or 「核融合」. For joining or linking, use 「結合」; for merging into a single form, 「合体」; for organizational mergers, 「合併」; for converging, 「合流」. The opposites are 「分離」 and 「分裂」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 二ふたつ以上いじょうのものが一ひとつに繋つながること。
  2. 生物せいぶつの細胞さいぼうや個体こたいが繋つながること。
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