集まる
あつまる
hepburn atsumaru
to gather, to assemble (intransitive)
Part of speech · godan-verb
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 駅前に人がたくさん集まっています。Many people are gathering in front of the station.
- 日曜日に家族が集まりました。The family gathered on Sunday.
Collocations
人が集まる駅前に集まる注目が集まる集まって話すみんな集まる
Mnemonic
集まる atsumaru — kanji 集 (gather) + the godan ending まる. It is intransitive: people or things gather on their own, with the subject marked by が and no を object. Its transitive partner is 集める (atsumeru). ~aru intransitive / ~eru transitive is the core verb-pair contrast.
Quick check
Which correctly says "people gather"?