集る

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
集
たか
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

集(たか)る • (takaru) intransitive godan (stem 集(たか)り (takari), past 集(たか)った (takatta))

  1. swarm, gather
  2. sponge off, bum
Conjugation
Conjugation of "集る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 集ら たから takara
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 集り たかり takari
Shūshikei ("terminal") 集る たかる takaru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 集る たかる takaru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 集れ たかれ takare
Meireikei ("imperative") 集れ たかれ takare
Key constructions
Passive 集られる たかられる takarareru
Causative 集らせる
集らす 		たからせる
たからす 		takaraseru
takarasu
Potential 集れる たかれる takareru
Volitional 集ろう たかろう takarō
Negative 集らない たからない takaranai
Negative continuative 集らず たからず takarazu
Formal 集ります たかります takarimasu
Perfective 集った たかった takatta
Conjunctive 集って たかって takatte
Hypothetical conditional 集れば たかれば takareba

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
集
あつ(ま)
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 集る – see the following entry.
【集あつまる】
to gather
to come together
to assemble
(This term, 集る, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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