Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 集合する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 集しゅう 合ごう する 集しゅう 合ごう しない Polite 集しゅう 合ごう します 集しゅう 合ごう しません Past polite 集しゅう 合ごう しました 集しゅう 合ごう しませんでした Past 集しゅう 合ごう した 集しゅう 合ごう しなかった Te-form 集しゅう 合ごう して 集しゅう 合ごう しないで Desire 集しゅう 合ごう したい 集しゅう 合ごう したくない Potential 集しゅう 合ごう できる 集しゅう 合ごう できない Passive 集しゅう 合ごう される 集しゅう 合ごう されない Causative 集しゅう 合ごう させる 集しゅう 合ごう させない Causative passive 集しゅう 合ごう させられる 集しゅう 合ごう させられない Volitional 集しゅう 合ごう しよう Polite volitional 集しゅう 合ごう しましょう Imperative 集しゅう 合ごう しろ 集しゅう 合ごう するな Conditional 集しゅう 合ごう すれば 集しゅう 合ごう しなければ Tara conditional 集しゅう 合ごう したら 集しゅう 合ごう しなかったら
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 集しゅう 合ごう する to meet up / assemble at a place
Please meet up in front of the station at 8am tomorrow.
〈 時とき 〉 に 集しゅう 合ごう する to meet up / assemble at a certain time
We're supposed to gather thirty minutes before departure.
集しゅう 合ごう をかける to call people together; to signal for everyone to gather
The leader called everyone to gather.
Kanji 集 gather, meet, congregate Related words· 13 集まる is the everyday intransitive verb for people or things coming together, while 集合 is the more formal noun/verb used for a planned or scheduled meeting-up.
集会 refers to an organized gathering or rally with a purpose (like a protest or ceremony), while 集合 simply means meeting up at a set place and time.
会合 is a formal term for a meeting or conference among adults for discussion, whereas 集合 is neutral and just means gathering together somewhere.
集める is the transitive verb for actively collecting people or things, while 集合 (often paired with する ) describes the state of having gathered together.
Show 9 more Show fewer 集合 is the neutral word for a gathering or assembly of any size, while 大集合 stresses that the gathering is large-scale or comprehensive.
集合 is a general term for people or things gathering at a designated place, while 集結 implies a more purposeful or strategic concentration, often in a military context.
In mathematics 集合 means a plain set, whereas 群 specifically means a group: a set with an operation satisfying the group axioms.
集合 means simply gathering at an arranged place, while 合流 specifically means joining another person, group, or flow after being separate.
集合 simply describes people gathering or assembling in one place, while 招集 stresses that someone in authority formally calls them together.
集合 is a casual, general word for people gathering at a place, whereas 召集 specifically means an authority formally summoning people to convene.
集合する is a formal, often organized assembly (e.g. at a set time and place), while 寄り集まる suggests a more casual, spontaneous coming-together.
集合 is a neutral, often administrative term for assembling at a set time/place, while 勢ぞろい stresses the visual impact of everyone being present together in force.
集合する is used for a group formally assembling at one place, whereas 落ち合う usually refers to two or more people meeting up casually.
Opposites 集合 means gathering or assembling together, the opposite of 離散 's sense of people scattering apart.
集合 means gathering together in one place, the opposite of 解散 's meaning of dispersing.
Don't confuse with 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.
集合 means people or things assembling together as a group, while 集中 means gathering or focusing at a single point rather than simply meeting up.
集合 (gathering; a mathematical set) shares the kanji 合 with 総合 but means people or things assembling together, not the act of synthesizing elements into a unified whole.
集合 usually refers to people assembling at a set time and place (like meeting up before an event), while 集い refers to the gathering itself as a social occasion.
Etymology Sino-Japanese compound of 集 (collect, gather) and 合 (join, fit). The mathematical sense is a modern calque from Western terminology.
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