noun
A solid, often irregularly shaped aggregate of matter; can refer to anything from a clod of earth to a cluster of cells.
土の塊を砕いて畑を耕した。
I broke up the clods of earth and tilled the field.
The sugar had turned into a lump from the humidity.
noun
A gathered mass of people or things, often implying a dense, somewhat disorderly grouping.
駅前に人の塊ができていた。
A crowd of people had formed in front of the station.
noun
Abstract use: something that embodies a quality, feeling, or idea, as in 'a lump of desire' or 'the personification of evil'.
彼の言葉は怒りの塊だった。
His words were the embodiment of anger.
あの作品は欲望の塊だ。
That work is a mass of desire.