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to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch

contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message

to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)

logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; context

Orig. meaning

blood vessel

to make contact

simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty

to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch

inveiglement; cajolement; wheedling; enticement

message; informative matter

rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance

(opponent's) weak point

Archaic

force attacking the rear of a castle

Archaic

official in charge of imprisoning offenders

contact network; phone tree; contact information for relevant people (in a given organization)

(connecting) passageway; accessway; walk-through; skyway; sky bridge

mechanical doll; automaton; string puppet; marionette; person who follows orders blindly

Electricity, elec. eng.

short circuit; short

illogical jump; drawing a hasty inference (between two events); jumping to conclusions; acting rashly

ferry; ferryboat

contact; liaison

to lose contact with (someone); to stop communication with; to go missing; to disappear

Usu. 〜に

lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head

meridian (in traditional Chinese medicine)

thread of connection; chain of reasoning

jorō spider (Trichonephila clavata)

絡新婦 only; Japanese mythology

spider yōkai

liaison group; liaison committee; liaison council

correspondence notebook (e.g. between teacher and parents); contact notebook; communication notebook

liaison conference

connecting line