接続詞
せつぞくし · setsuzokushi · JLPT N1 · noun
concurrence
🔗 接続詞 = 接続 (connect) + 詞 (word): a connecting word, like 'and' or 'but'
接続 means connection and 詞 means word, so 接続詞 is a connecting word. Conjunctions like and, but, and or join words, phrases, and clauses together.
接 — hand 扌 + concubine 妾 (phonetic)
接 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 carries the meaning of receiving or joining with the hand, while 妾 supplies the sound. From 'taking with the hand' it broadened to 'receive, meet, connect, join together'.