Translation guide
How to express focusing your attention, effort, or resources on something in Japanese.
To give your full attention to something, such as work, study, or a specific object.
The most common and versatile way to say 'concentrate on'. Use with a noun or noun phrase.
Please concentrate on your studies.
He is concentrating on his work.
Implies devoting yourself entirely to one thing, often for a period of time. Slightly more formal.
I want to concentrate on my research.
Noun meaning 'concentration'. Often used in compounds or as a suru-verb.
To collect people, things, or resources into a single location or group.
To pay special attention to a specific part of something, like a problem or feature.
集中する is the general term for concentrating attention. 専念する implies dedicating yourself exclusively to one thing, often for a longer period, and sounds more formal.
While 集中する can mean 'concentrate' in the sense of focusing attention, it is not used for physically gathering items. Use 集める (atsumeru) instead.
Concentrate the trash in one spot.
集中力が足りない。
I lack concentration.