合
Meanings
Noun
1. gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml
2. gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters
3. one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain
4. conjunction
5. sum; total
6. synthesis (in dialectics)
7. minor premise (in hetuvidya)
Counter
8. counter for covered containers
9. counter for matches, battles, etc.
Kanji used
Pitch accent
ごう
Used in vocabulary
意気投合
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
Noun
Examples2
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'.
百 合 は 当時 たびたび ロンドン に 行った。
Yuri often went to London in those days.