Translation guide
The English word 'roundup' has several distinct meanings. This guide covers the most common uses for English-speaking learners: a summary of news or information, the act of gathering people or things, and the agricultural/cowboy activity of herding cattle. It also notes the less common meaning of a police raid or arrest operation.
To refer to a brief collection or summary of the most important news items, often in a broadcast or publication.
A general term for a summary or compilation. Very common and natural for news roundups.
Here is a roundup of today's news.
A more emphatic 'roundup' or 'wrap-up', often used for a comprehensive summary at the end of a series or event.
Here's a roundup of this week's events.
A katakana loanword from 'news digest', often used in media for a concise roundup of news.
I watched the morning news roundup.
A more formal word for 'outline' or 'summary'. Can be used for a roundup but sounds somewhat stiff.
I will report a roundup of the meeting.
To describe the act of collecting or assembling people, animals, or objects, often in a somewhat informal or urgent context.
To refer to the activity of gathering cattle or livestock, especially in a Western or ranching context.
Literally 'cattle driving', the traditional term for a roundup or cattle drive.
They went out on a roundup.
A straightforward phrase meaning 'to gather cattle'. More descriptive than a single word.
The cowboys are rounding up the cattle.
The English loanword 'roundup' used in Japanese, often in the context of Western films or ranching. Not commonly used in everyday speech.
I saw a roundup scene in a Western movie.
To describe a police operation where multiple suspects are arrested or illegal items are seized.
A simultaneous arrest or roundup of suspects. Common in news reports.
The police conducted a roundup of gang members.
A police raid or crackdown, often on illegal activities like gambling or drugs. Can also mean 'maintenance' in other contexts.
Arrest or roundup, often used in compound words. Slightly formal.
Do not directly translate 'roundup' as ラウンドアップ when referring to a news summary. Use まとめ or ダイジェスト instead. ラウンドアップ is mainly understood as the agricultural term or the brand name of a herbicide.
I rounded up the necessary documents.
To scrape together or round up with some effort, often implying a sense of urgency or difficulty. Transitive.
We rounded up staff and prepared for the event.
They rounded up the villagers and held a meeting.
違法カジノに手入れが入った。
There was a roundup at the illegal casino.
The roundup of drug dealers continues.