集あつまり

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

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noun

gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance

Refers to a group of people coming together, the event itself, or the state of being gathered. Can also mean a collection of things or the act of attending.

明日あしたの集あつまりには全ぜん員いん出しゅっ席せきしてください。

Please attend tomorrow's gathering.

この集あつまりは毎まい月つき第だい一いち土ど曜よう日びに開ひらかれます。

This meeting is held on the first Saturday of every month.

彼かれの切きっ手ての集あつまりはすごい数かずだ。

His stamp collection is huge.

Usage patterns

集あつまりを開ひらくto hold a gathering
来らい週しゅう、友とも達だちの家いえで集あつまりを開ひらく予よ定ていです。
We're planning to hold a gathering at a friend's house next week.
集あつまりに出でるto attend a gathering
忙いそがしくて町ちょう内ないの集あつまりに出でられなかった。
I was too busy to attend the neighborhood gathering.
〈人ひと〉と集あつまりを持もつto have a gathering with someone
卒そつ業ぎょうした仲なか間まと久ひさしぶりに集あつまりを持もった。
I had a gathering with my old classmates after a long time.
集あつまりが悪わるいattendance is poor
雨あめのせいで集あつまりが悪わるかった。
Attendance was poor because of the rain.

Kanji

集gather, meet, congregate

Related words· 6

会かい合ごうN3
会合 is a formal, often business or organizational meeting, while 集まり is a broader term for any casual or formal get-together.
集しゅう会かいN2
集会 implies a planned assembly or rally with a specific purpose, whereas 集まり can refer to any informal gathering of people.
会かいN3
会 is a very general word for an organized event or club meeting, while 集まり emphasizes the act or state of people coming together.
集つどい
集まり is the common, everyday word for a gathering, while 集い carries a more formal or literary tone.

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塊かたまりN2
集まり is a neutral word for a gathering of people or things, while 塊 emphasizes a tightly packed, mass-like cluster.
集しゅう団だんN3
集まり often refers to a temporary gathering or meeting, whereas 集団 suggests a more lasting or cohesive body of people.

Opposites

解かい散さんN3
解散 means to disperse or break up a group, the opposite of 集まり, which is people coming together.

Don't confuse with

集しゅう合ごうN3
集合 usually refers to the formal act of assembling at a set time/place (e.g. for a trip or roll call), while 集まり is the broader, more casual noun for a gathering or its attendees.
まとまりN1
集まり means a gathering or collection of people or things, while まとまり refers to the coherence or unity within a group or idea, not merely its assembly.

Written forms

集あつまりUsage91%
Standard spelling with high frequency and priority.
集あつまりUsage8%
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana usage; less common than 集まり.
あつまりUsage1%

Etymology

Noun form of the verb 集まる (to gather), from the kanji 集 (collect) and the native Japanese verb ending まる.