# 盟 oath

明 (bright) + 皿 (plate)
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## Onyomi

MEI |

## Mnemonic

| I take an an oath to clean my plate until it's sparkley bright. But I MAY break the oath.

## Jukugo

同盟(どうめい) | alliance ★☆☆☆☆ NP 同 (same) + 盟 (oath) = 同盟 (alliance) an alliance, league, union (usually used with military alliances: NATO, UN Security Treaty nations, the Warsaw Pact alliance, etc.)
連盟(れんめい) | a federation ☆☆☆☆☆ NP 連 (take with / inform of) + 盟 (oath) = 連盟 (a federation) a federation : unlike the related terms 連合 (れんごう）　and 同盟　（どうめい）, 連盟 is made of individual people, not federated nations or gangs. れんめい is more like volunteers. Baseball clubs, Chess associations, the League of Women Voters, are 連盟。

## Synonyms

union, league, alliance 連合 協会 同盟 連盟