連結|れんけつrenketsu[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbconnection; linking; joining; coupling; attaching; junction; concatenation; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
    ここでも、このアプローチがマシュー・アーノルドの「どこにも連結れんけつがある」という考かんがえに由来ゆらいしていることを見みて取とることができる。↗
    Again, we can see this approach as deriving from Matthew Arnold's idea that everywhere there is connection.
Conjugation
Dictionary form連結する(れんけつする)
Polite (masu)連結します(れんけつします)
Negative (nai)連結しない(れんけつしない)
polite (masen)連結しません(れんけつしません)
classical zu / nu連結せず・連結せぬ(れんけつせず・れんけつせぬ)
Past (ta)連結した(れんけつした)
polite (mashita)連結しました(れんけつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)連結しなかった(れんけつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)連結しませんでした(れんけつしませんでした)
Te form連結して(れんけつして)
Potential連結できる(れんけつできる)
Passive連結される(れんけつされる)
Causative連結させる(れんけつさせる)
Causative passive連結させられる(れんけつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)連結すれば(れんけつすれば)
tara連結したら(れんけつしたら)
Volitional連結しよう(れんけつしよう)
polite (mashou)連結しましょう(れんけつしましょう)
Imperative連結しろ(れんけつしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym結合けつごうNeutralJoins two or more things into one whole, also covering chemical bonds; 「連結」 links cars or parts one by one and also means consolidating accounts.
  • Synonym接合せつごうWrittenFormal term for joining parts together, common in engineering and biology; stresses bonding at the seam or joint.
  • Synonym接続せつぞくNeutralHooking things up so they connect — networks, circuits, train transfers, as in 「直列接続」; stresses being linked up rather than joined piece by piece.
  • SynonymつながりNeutralA noun for ties and relationships; stresses abstract connection, as in 「人との繋がり」.
  • SynonymつなぐNeutralEveryday verb for tying or linking things, as in 「手をつなぐ」; also keeping something alive or going.
  • Synonym結びつけるむすびつけるNeutralA verb for tying things together or linking two things in the mind; stresses establishing a connection between them.
  • Synonym連係れんけいNeutralCoordination between parties acting together, as in 「連携プレー」; stresses mutual cooperation, not physical joining.
  • Synonym連接れんせつWrittenRare written word for things joined in a continuous line; close in sense to 「連結」 but more abstract.
  • Related連絡れんらくNeutralContact and communication, also transfer links between transport lines, as in 「連絡通路」; stresses liaison and connection between places.
  • Related合流ごうりゅうNeutralRivers merging or people and groups joining up; stresses converging from different directions into one place.
  • Related交わるまじわるNeutralA verb for lines crossing or people associating; stresses intersection or personal dealings rather than physical joining.
  • RelatedコネクションNeutralLoanword for personal connections and contacts; in speech usually shortened to 「コネ」.
  • Related結びつきむすびつきNeutralA noun for bonds and ties; stresses how close the relationship between two things is.
  • Related合わさるあわさるNeutralA verb for things coming together of their own accord, as in 「手が合わさる」; stresses natural fitting or merging.
  • Related接ぐつぐNeutralA verb for splicing things on — mending bones as in 「骨を接ぐ」, grafting trees; stresses repair-style joining.
  • Related一緒になるいっしょになるNeutralColloquial phrase for coming together, marrying, or roads and rivers meeting; everyday speech, not technical use.
  • Antonym分離ぶんりNeutralAntonym: separating what was joined; the opposite of keeping things connected.
  • Antonym切断せつだんNeutralAntonym: cutting or severing a connection; the direct opposite of 「連結」.
  • Antonym解結かいけつWrittenRare written antonym: uncoupling, especially train cars or wagons; the reverse of 「連結」.

Use 「連結」 for linking cars or parts one by one and for consolidated accounts, as in 「連結器」 and 「連結決算」. For networks and circuits say 「接続」; for combining into one whole, 「結合」; for abstract ties, 「つながり」. The antonyms are 「分離」 and 「切断」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 繋つないで、ひと続つづきにすること。あるいは、そのような状態じょうたい。
  2. ひと続つづきに繋つながる。
  3. ひと続つづきに繋つなげる。
  4. 位相いそう空間くうかんが二ふたつ以上いじょうの開集合かいしゅうごうによってわかれることなく、一ひとつにつながっていること。位相いそう空間くうかん X を空そらではない2つの開集合かいしゅうごう A, B の直和なおかずとして表あらわす(X = A ∪ B, A ∩ B = ∅ を満みたす)ことができないとき、X は連結れんけつである、連結れんけつしているという。
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