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union; combination; alliance; confederation; coalition
association
RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
複数の国が連合を結んで協力した。
Multiple countries formed an alliance and cooperated.
労働者は連合を組んで交渉に臨んだ。
Workers formed a union to negotiate.
連合軍が敵に勝利を収めて終戦した。
The allied forces won victory over the enemy and ended the war.