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集結 (しゅうけつ, shuuketsu) Japanese meaning: gathering | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 集結する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 集しゅう 結けつ する 集しゅう 結けつ しない Polite 集しゅう 結けつ します 集しゅう 結けつ しません Past polite 集しゅう 結けつ しました 集しゅう 結けつ しませんでした Past 集しゅう 結けつ した 集しゅう 結けつ しなかった Te-form 集しゅう 結けつ して 集しゅう 結けつ しないで Desire 集しゅう 結けつ したい 集しゅう 結けつ したくない Potential 集しゅう 結けつ できる 集しゅう 結けつ できない Passive 集しゅう 結けつ される 集しゅう 結けつ されない Causative 集しゅう 結けつ させる 集しゅう 結けつ させない Causative passive 集しゅう 結けつ させられる 集しゅう 結けつ させられない Volitional 集しゅう 結けつ しよう Polite volitional 集しゅう 結けつ しましょう Imperative 集しゅう 結けつ しろ 集しゅう 結けつ するな Conditional 集しゅう 結けつ すれば 集しゅう 結けつ しなければ Tara conditional 集しゅう 結けつ したら 集しゅう 結けつ しなかったら
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The troops massed at the border.
Protesters are gathering in the square.
Kanji 集 gather, meet, congregate Transitive / intransitive 集結 itself is used both intransitively (兵が国境に集結する, 'the soldiers gather at the border') and transitively with させる (兵を国境に集結させる, 'to mass the soldiers at the border').
Related words· 6 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.
集中 refers to concentrating attention or effort on one point, whereas 集結 refers to the physical gathering of people or forces in one place.
結集 emphasizes rallying and consolidating scattered forces or people into a unified body, while 集結 simply describes them massing together in one location.
集結 is a more formal/military-sounding word for forces or people massing together, whereas 大集合 has a lighter, often festive nuance used for people, characters, or products.
Show 2 more 集結 describes people or things physically assembling or massing (e.g. troops), whereas 糾合 focuses on organizing support behind a shared purpose.
集結 simply describes people or units converging in one place, while 動員 implies an organizer actively calling them up for a purpose.
Opposites 解散 means to disperse or break up a gathering, the opposite of 集結, which means to mass or gather together.
集結 means troops gathering together in one place, the opposite of 疎開's meaning of spreading forces out to avoid concentration.
Don't confuse with 終結 (しゅうけつ) is a homophone meaning 'end, conclusion,' while 集結 (しゅうけつ) means 'gathering, massing'; only the kanji distinguish them.
集計 means 'to tally or total up' numbers, while 集結 means 'to gather or mass' people or forces; the shared 集 kanji can cause confusion.
Etymology Compound of 集 (gather) and 結 (tie, bind), suggesting a binding together of elements into one place.
