Illustration: On the floor of a Japanese apartment, a child pushes two wooden train cars toward each other while a grandparent steadies the curved track. Their magnetic couplers have just met, holding the cars together across a small gap between their bodies.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

結けつ合ごう

ketsugou

joining, combination

Example sentences

  1. これらの州しゅうは結合けつごうして１つの国くにになった。

    These states were united into one nation.

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  2. 水素すいそと酸素さんそが結合けつごうして水みずになるのです。

    Hydrogen and oxygen combine to form water.

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  3. 霊長類れいちょうるいの毛けづくろいは集団しゅうだんの結合けつごうを強つよめる。

    Grooming in primates increases group cohesion.

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Kanji in 結合

  • 結tie; bindOnケツ・ケチKunむすぶ・ゆう・ゆわえる
  • 合fit; suitOnゴウ・ガッ・カッKunあう・あい・あい-

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