合

Meaning

1. n
   gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml
2. n
   gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters
3. n
   one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain
4. n
   conjunction
5. n
   sum; total
6. n
   synthesis (in dialectics)
7. n
   minor premise (in hetuvidya)
8. ctr
   counter for covered containers
9. ctr
   counter for matches, battles, etc.

Example sentences

• もちろん、実際に「はやぶさ」が太陽に近づいているわけではなく、図のように地球から見て太陽の反対側に位置するだけですが、このような現象を「合」と呼びます。

  Of course "Hayabusa" is not actually closing in on the Sun, it is just positioned as in the figure so that, seen from the Earth, it is on the opposite side of the Sun; this is called 'conjunction'.

• 私は巴里滞在中、二三の画家諸君と識り合ひになり、ちよいちよいアトリエを訪ねるやうなこともあつたが、いつでもその仕事振り、生活振りに多大の興味を惹かれた。

  When I was in Paris, I became acquainted with two or three painters, and I went to visit their atelier from time to time. I was always fascinated by their method of work and their way of life.

• 私はある時、初めて識り合ひになつた画家に伴はれて、深夜そのアトリエにはひつたことがある。屋根裏の薄暗い部屋である。

  One time, I went to the atelier of a painter I had just met in the middle of the night. It was a dark room in an attic.