Translation guide
How to express summarizing, concluding, or giving a brief statement of main points in Japanese.
To state the main points of something in a concise way.
Formal, often used in writing or presentations. Means 'to summarize' or 'to give a summary'.
Please summarize this article.
Common in both speech and writing. Means 'to put together', 'to organize', or 'to sum up'.
Finally, I'll sum up the main points.
Formal, often used in business or academic contexts to mean 'to sum up' or 'to recapitulate'.
Please sum up the contents of the meeting.
Literally 'to say by pinching and picking out', meaning to give a brief summary or outline.
To sum up, the plan is cancelled.
To end a speech or discussion by briefly stating the main point or conclusion.
Used as a discourse marker to introduce a summary or conclusion.
Common phrase meaning 'in short' or 'to sum up'. Used in both speech and writing.
To sum up, he's not coming.
Means 'in other words' or 'that is to say', often used to sum up or rephrase.
Literally 'if we summarize', used to introduce a summary.
To sum up, there are three problems.
要約する is more formal and often used for written summaries, while まとめる is more versatile and common in everyday speech.
Summarize a report.
Sum up a story.
With that, I would like to sum up my presentation.
つまり、計画は失敗だった。
To sum up, the plan was a failure.