Illustration: A wooden toy railway runs across a Japanese apartment living room, with interlocking sections forming one continuous loop between a low table and a cushion tunnel. At the nearest joint, the rounded tab sits securely inside the matching socket, and a toy engine rolls smoothly across it.

つながる

tsunagaru

to be connected, to be linked

Example sentences

運命うんめいの赤あかい糸いとでつながってるんだよ。
We’re joined by the red string of fate!
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その村むらと我々われわれの町まちは橋はしでつながっています。
The village is connected with our town by a bridge.
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胃いは小腸しょうちょうに繋つながっている。
The stomach connects to the small intestine.
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