First opened Wednesday, January 25, 2023
合併
がっぺい
- flat (heiban)
How to read it: a line over a kana means the voice is high there, and ↓ marks where it drops. A kana with no line is low. With no ↓ the pitch stays high to the end and does not drop even on a following particle (が, は).
combination, amalgamation, merger
Taken apart
We don't have the data for this section. Wiktionary has no Etymology section for this reading, and a split made without one would be a guess.
In a sentence
２社は合併を計画している。
The two companies plan to unite.
その合併は１対１で行われた。
The merger was implemented on a 50-50 ratio.
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What Wiktionary says
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