Translation guide
How to express the idea of grouping things or people together, often without careful distinction, in Japanese.
To put multiple items, people, or ideas into a single group, often ignoring differences.
A very common and natural way to say 'lump together' or 'bundle together'. Used for both physical objects and abstract concepts.
Please lump these documents together.
He's lumping all the problems together.
A more casual and slightly negative expression, implying things are mixed up carelessly or without proper distinction.
Don't lump important documents together with trash.
A formal term often used in business or administrative contexts for processing things together in one batch.
We process the invoices by lumping them together.
An idiomatic expression meaning to lump various things together indiscriminately, often with a critical nuance. Literally 'to bundle ten things in one grab'.
He lumps all the newcomers together.
To collect or press things into a single lump or pile.
To consider or treat a group of people as if they are all the same, often unfairly.
The English phrase 'lump together' does not have a single direct equivalent in Japanese. Using a literal translation like 塊にする (かたまりにする) is not natural for abstract grouping. Use ひとまとめにする or 一緒くたにする instead.
小麦粉を水で固めて団子を作る。
Lump the flour together with water to make dumplings.
You shouldn't lump experienced people and beginners together.