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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

集まり

Pronunciation / Transliteration: atsumari

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Gathering/ˈɡæð.ər.ɪŋ/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2150 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"週末の楽しい集まりに参加しました。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An assembly or meeting of people for a particular purpose, social event, or common interest.

    "The annual family gathering took place by the lake this summer."
  2. 2

    The action or process of bringing things or people together into one place or group.

    "The gathering of autumn crops is a time of hard work and celebration."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English verb 'gaderian', meaning to bring together or collect, originating from Proto-Germanic *gaduroną. Over centuries, the suffix '-ing' was added to form a nominalized noun, shifting the meaning from the active process of collecting to a formal or informal assembly of people.

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