N2497/1725

塊かたまり

nounnoun (generic)

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かたまり

Meanings

lump, mass, bundle, clump, clod, cluster
group, crowd
embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.), personification

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Example sentences

机つくえの上うえに土つちの塊かたまりがある。

There is a clump of dirt on the desk.

彼女かのじょは好奇心こうきしんの塊かたまりだと思おもう。

I think she is the embodiment of curiosity.

鍋なべの中なかでバターの塊かたまりがゆっくり溶とけていった。

A lump of butter melted slowly in the pot.

その岩山いわやまは巨大きょだいな岩いわの塊かたまりが積つみ重かさなってできている。

That rocky mountain is formed by massive lumps of rock piled on top of each other.

彼かれはストレスの塊かたまりになっていて、周囲しゅういの人々ひとびとも気きを遣つかうほどだった。

He had become a bundle of stress, to the point where the people around him felt the need to be careful.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)