Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 密集する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 密みっ 集しゅう する 密みっ 集しゅう しない Polite 密みっ 集しゅう します 密みっ 集しゅう しません Past polite 密みっ 集しゅう しました 密みっ 集しゅう しませんでした Past 密みっ 集しゅう した 密みっ 集しゅう しなかった Te-form 密みっ 集しゅう して 密みっ 集しゅう しないで Desire 密みっ 集しゅう したい 密みっ 集しゅう したくない Potential 密みっ 集しゅう できる 密みっ 集しゅう できない Passive 密みっ 集しゅう される 密みっ 集しゅう されない Causative 密みっ 集しゅう させる 密みっ 集しゅう させない Causative passive 密みっ 集しゅう させられる 密みっ 集しゅう させられない Volitional 密みっ 集しゅう しよう Polite volitional 密みっ 集しゅう しましょう Imperative 密みっ 集しゅう しろ 密みっ 集しゅう するな Conditional 密みっ 集しゅう すれば 密みっ 集しゅう しなければ Tara conditional 密みっ 集しゅう したら 密みっ 集しゅう しなかったら
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 〈 人ひと 〉 が 密みっ 集しゅう する for people to crowd together in a place
People were crowded together in front of the station.
〈 物もの 〉 が 密みっ 集しゅう する for objects or buildings to be clustered closely together
Houses are densely packed together in this area.
密みっ 集しゅう して 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something while packed tightly together
The spectators were sitting packed closely together.
Kanji 密 secrecy, density (pop), minuteness 集 gather, meet, congregate Related words 集中 refers to focusing or concentrating something abstract like attention or resources, while 密集 describes physical objects or people packed closely together in space.
混雑 stresses disorderly congestion that causes inconvenience, whereas 密集 is a more neutral term for dense physical clustering.
過密 implies a density that exceeds a comfortable or safe limit, while 密集 simply describes things being closely gathered without that judgment.
群集 focuses on a large crowd or mass gathering, while 密集 emphasizes the tightness of the spacing between individuals or objects.
密集 refers to any objects or people gathered closely together regardless of shape, while 林立 specifically evokes many tall, slender things (buildings, chimneys, trees) rising densely.
Opposites· 5 散在 describes things scattered sparsely over an area, the opposite of 密集 , which describes things packed tightly together.
分散 means to spread out or disperse, contrasting with 密集 , which means to gather closely in one place.
密集 describes things packed tightly and densely together, the opposite of まばら , which describes things spread thin with gaps.
Show 2 more Show fewer 密集 describes things packed closely together in a dense cluster, the opposite of 点在 's scattered, isolated points.
点々 describes things spread out sparsely here and there, while 密集 describes things packed densely together.
Word family phalanx
population density
Etymology Compound of 密 (dense, close) and 集 (gather, collect). The reading みっしゅう is a regular on'yomi combination.
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