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読み方 あつまる

自動詞

1

（＝人が集まる）to gather; to assemble; to meet; to muster; to come together; to flock together

用例

• 集まる者無慮一万
  They gathered to the number of 10,000.

• 人が四方八方から集まって来る
  People come flocking from all quarters.
• （頼朝が旗を揚げると）源氏の残党その旗に集まる
  The remnants of the Genji forces flocked to his banner.
• 友は類をもって集まる
  “Birds of a feather flock together.”【イディオム・格言的】

〈以下特例〉

用例

• 集まれー（号令）
  Fall in!

• （学校は）場所が好いから生徒が集まる
  There are many students owing to the goodness of the situation―（他動詞構文にすれば）―The goodness of the situation brings many students―accounts for the large number of students.
• 場所が悪いから生徒が集まらない
  There are few students owing to the badness of the situation―（他動詞構文にすれば）―The badness of the situation accounts for the small number of students.

2

（＝物が集まる）to come together:（にわかに集まる）to gather; （段々に集まる）to collect

〈以下特例〉

用例

• 寄付金がよく集まる
  Many subscriptions are made.

• 寄付金がいくら集まったか
  What do the contributions amount to?
• 寄付金が千円以上集まった
  The contributions amount to―come to―over 1000 yen.
• 税がよく集まる
  The tax draws well.
• 人気が集まる
  to become popular―become known
• 私立学校は年数が経たなけりゃ人気が集まるものではない
  It takes years for a private school to become known.
• 種々の事情が集まって彼の今日をなしたのである
  Various circumstances concurred―conspired―to make him what he is.

3

（＝一点に集まる、集中する）to converge （on a point）; to centre （on a person）

用例

• 日本艦隊の砲火がロシアの旗艦に集まった
  The fire of the Japanese fleet converged on―was concentrated upon―was brought to bear upon―the Russian flagship.

• 衆望彼の一身に集まる
  All hopes centre in him
  All hopes are centred on him.
• 衆目彼に集まる
  All eyes were turned upon him―He was the object of general gaze―the focus of universal attention―the cynosure of universal observation―the observed of all observers.