noun:

• barb fitting; barbed tubing connection

noun:

• path-oriented; connection-oriented - IT term

noun:

• customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner

noun:

• transit point; transit airport; connection airport

expression / adjective:

• having no knowledge (of); knowing nothing about; coming from out of the blue; having no connection with oneself ➜ 身に覚えのある【みにおぼえのある】

noun / ~する noun:

• adultery; misconduct; intrigue; criminal connection

conjunction:

• in line with this; therefore; consequently; so; such being the case; in that regard; in this connection

adjectival noun / noun:

• close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near
• close (together)

noun:

• contact area (of an electrical connection) - IT term

noun:

• cable Internet (connection)

noun:

• cable Internet (connection)

noun:

• fat pipe (i.e. a high bandwidth connection) - IT term

noun:

• cascade (connection) (electronics)

noun:

• dial-up (esp. modem connection) - IT term

noun:

• (a) vein; (a) thread (of connection)

noun:

• concatenation; cascade (connection)

noun:

• other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition ➜ 相手【あいて】

noun:

• meridian (e.g. in acupuncture); channel; one of the lines connecting vital points in the body
• thread of connection; chain of reasoning

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to get married; to contract a marriage
• to form a connection (with Buddha) - Buddhism term ➜ 結縁【けちえん】

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be separated; to be apart; to be distant
• to leave; to go away
• to leave (a job, etc.); to quit; to give up
• to lose connection with; to drift away from

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to extend; to stretch out; to stand in a row
• to attend; to participate in
• to enrol; to enroll; to join
• to have a connection; to be related; to be linked

noun:

• vertical axis; vertical line
• vertical shaft; spindle
• connection between past and present

lower nidan verb (archaic) / yodan ~る verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to be separated; to be apart; to be distant - archaism ➜ 離れる
• to leave; to go away - archaism ➜ 離れる
• to leave (a job, etc.); to quit; to give up - archaism ➜ 離れる
• to lose connection with; to drift away from - archaism ➜ 離れる

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to entangle; to entwine
• to pick a quarrel; to find fault
• to be involved with; to be influenced by; to develop a connection with

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery)
• to sever (connections, ties) ➜ 縁を切る
• to turn off (e.g. the light)
• to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect ➜ 電話を切る
• to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub)
• to open (something sealed)
• to start
• to set (a limit); to do (something) in less or within a certain time; to issue (stamps, vouchers, etc.)
• to reduce; to decrease; to discount ➜ 値切る
• to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry; to let drain
• to cross; to traverse
• to criticize sharply
• to act decisively; to do (something noticeable); to go first; to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki)
• to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.)
• to curl (a ball); to bend; to cut
• to shuffle (cards)
• to discard a tile - Mahjong term
• to dismiss; to sack; to let go; to expulse; to excommunicate
• to dig (a groove); to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph)
• to trump ➜ 切り札
• to cut (the connection between two groups) (in go)
• to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone) - also written as 鑽る
• to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.)

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

• to finish; to complete - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 疲れきる