合併 (がっぺい): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

合併 (がっぺい) means merger / combination / consolidation.

See example sentences below.

合併 at a glance

合併

がっぺいgappei

N1noun

merger / combination / consolidation

合併がっぺいgappeiN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

merger / combination / consolidation

Example 1

会社が合併して規模が大きくなった。

Translation

The company merged and became larger in scale.

Example 2

村と町が合併して新しい市になった。

Translation

The village and town merged to form a new city.