集まる

Word
集まる
Reading
あつまる
Level
N4
Part of speech
verb
Meaning
to gather / to collect (intransitive)
Example

公園に子どもがたくさん集まっています。 A lot of children are gathering in the park.

Confused with

集める (あつめる - to gather transitively): 集まる is when things gather themselves, 集める is when you gather them.

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