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固まり、 塊まり

Reading

Kana: かたまり
Romaji: katamari
Kana
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Definitions

1

lump; mass; bundle; clump; clod; cluster

2

group; crowd

3

embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

Kanji

Readings: カイ、 ケ、 かたまり、 つちくれ
Meanings: clod, lump, chunk, clot, mass
Readings: コ、 かた.める、 かた.まる、 かた.まり、 かた.い
Meanings: harden, set, clot, curdle

Example Sentences

巨大(きょだい)(にく)(かたまり)()たった。
➥I was hit by a huge chunk of meat.
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()のかたまりが()ました。
➥I passed clots.
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(いし)(かたまり)はセメントで接合(せつごう)された。
➥The blocks of stone were jointed with cement.
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(くも)蒸気(じょうき)(かた)まりである。
➥A cloud is a mass of vapor.
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(くも)水蒸気(すいじょうき)のかたまりである。
➥A cloud is a mass of vapor.
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彼女(かのじょ)はしっとのかたまりであった。
➥She was a bundle of jealousy.
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