what would be an example of such a federation? I don’t know the word off the top of my head but I can probably deduce my way to it.
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Replying to @vjk2005
kinda like italian city states or hanseatic league... more global/widespread than regional
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Replying to @vgr
that'd be ハンザ同盟 (hanzadoumei) in Japanese, so doumei would be the structure you’re looking for. doumei = alliance (dou=same; mei=oath)
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so the word is doumei and you made the compound hanzadoumei for hanseatic in particular? What's the generic for 'city league' then?
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that’s a little over my head, I can’t find a direct word for “city league”, perhaps a native speaker can helphttps://twitter.com/vjk2005/status/788850111761690624 …
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@mujina1985 thanks for your help getting this far... trying to invent a word for near-future sci-fi story1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @vgr
in that case, perhaps an imperfect translation will work? 連合軍 (rengougun) - Aliied Forces. In sci-fi, forces usually equate to nations.
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that sounds violent. My thing is like keiretsu except with cities rather than corps https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiretsu 1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @vgr
that level of nuance is beyond me; try the JP stackexchange (http://japanese.stackexchange.com ), more cooks might actually help this broth
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welcome! Link me to the thread if you decide to put it up, the discussion might help me recall words I didn’t know I know.
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