連立(れんりつ)

れんりつ
noun
coalition; alliance (especially of political parties)
formalpolitics
1. coalition; alliance; partnership
An alliance of political parties that join together to form a government or achieve a shared goal. Also used in mathematics to describe simultaneous equations.
三(みっ)つの政党(せいとう)が連立(れんりつ)を組(く)んだ。
Three political parties formed a coalition.
連立(れんりつ)政権(せいけん)は内部(ないぶ)の対立(たいりつ)に苦(くる)しんでいる。
The coalition government is struggling with internal conflict.
野党(やとう)は連立(れんりつ)を解消(かいしょう)して、それぞれ独自(どくじ)の路線(ろせん)を歩(あゆ)むことになった。
The opposition parties dissolved their coalition and each went their own way.

Primarily a political term describing an alliance between parties. Very common in Japanese news and political reporting.

Common collocations

Also used in mathematics: 連立(れんりつ)方程式(ほうていしき) means simultaneous equations.

Related Words

Related: 連合(れんごう) (union, coalition)
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