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集る

Reading

Kana: たかる
Romaji: takaru
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

v5r
vi
1

to gather; to crowd round; to swarm; to flock

Note: word usually written using kana alone
2

to extort from; to sponge off

Kanji

Readings: シュウ、 あつ.まる、 あつ.める、 つど.う
Meanings: gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock

Example Sentences

(はえ)をたからせるな。
➥Keep off the flies.
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その(おとこ)はいつも(わたし)(きん)をたかる。
➥The man always cadges money from me.
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ケーキにはアリがいっぱいたかっていた。
➥The cake was alive with ants.
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ありが砂糖(さとう)にたかっている。
➥Ants are swarming around the sugar.
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(かれ)(まわ)りには(ひと)がたかり(はじ)めた。
➥A crowd was gathering around him.
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その(はな)には蜜蜂(みつばち)がいっぱいたかっている。
➥The flower is alive with bees.
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