集団 (しゅうだん, shuudan) Japanese meaning: group | Kotomoraに
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When acting as a group, be mindful of your surroundings.
That group aims at environmental protection.
Usage patterns
〈人〉の集団a group of (people)
A group of tourists had gathered in front of the station.
集団で〈動詞〉to do something as a group
The students moved together as a group.
集団に加わるto join a group
He decided to join a new group.
集団を作るto form a group
People with the same interests formed a group.
集団行動をとるto act in a group / take collective action
The military is trained to act in a coordinated group.
集団 refers to an organized or identifiable group of people or things, while 群 emphasizes a mass or cluster and often functions as a suffix.
集団 is a general word for any group or crowd, whereas デモ隊 specifically means a group organized for a protest march.
集団 is a broad word for any cluster or crowd of people that may lack organization, while 隊 specifically denotes a structured, purpose-formed unit.
共同体 implies a group bound by shared purpose or identity, while 集団 is a more neutral term for any assembled group, without that implication of unity.
集団 is a neutral, general word for any group or crowd, while 一味 carries a negative, conspiratorial nuance.
群衆 usually implies an anonymous, unorganized mass of people, while 集団 can refer to any group, organized or not, even a small one.
集団 is a neutral word for any group of people, while 軍団 carries a military or strongly organized, unified connotation even when used figuratively.
