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よってたかって Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
expression, adverb
ganging up on ; in a crowd ; joining forces
usually written using kana alone
Describes multiple people acting together, often with a negative nuance of mobbing or overwhelming someone. Used adverbially with verbs like する, いじめる, 攻める.
It's not right for everyone to gang up and blame one person.
Written forms 寄よ ってたかって
Kanji spelling; rarely used and may be mistaken for a literal 'gathering' reading.
寄よ って 集たか って
Alternate kanji spelling; even rarer and not recommended for learners.
Kanji 寄 draw near, stop in, bring near 集 gather, meet, congregate Similar words 集あつ まる 集まる simply means 'to gather' without the aggressive or mobbing nuance of よってたかって.
群むら がる 群がる means 'to swarm' or 'to crowd around', often physically, while よってたかって emphasizes joint action against someone.
Etymology Derived from the verb 寄る (よる, 'to gather') in its te-form 寄って, combined with たかって, the te-form of 集る (たかる, 'to swarm' or 'to mob'). The repetition emphasizes the joint, often aggressive, action.
