How to say "assemble" in Japanese

• 組み立てるくみたてるJLPT N2approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbThe physical sense of assemble: putting parts or pieces together to construct a whole, as when assembling furniture or a machine. Use it when assembly means physically building something from its components.
  昨日きのう、アンプを組み立くみたてた。↗

  I built an amplifier yesterday.
• 集まるあつまるJLPT N4approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbThe intransitive sense: people or things come together on their own, as when a crowd assembles or members gather for a meeting. The subject is what assembles; no one is doing the gathering.
  私達わたしたちは先生せんせいの前まえに集あつまった。↗

  We gathered around the teacher.
• 集めるあつめるJLPT N4approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbThe transitive counterpart: to assemble things such as documents, information, or materials by bringing them together from various places. Use it when someone actively gathers what is needed for a purpose.
  趣味しゅみは切手きってを集あつめることです。↗

  My hobby is collecting stamps.
• 取り揃えるとりそろえるCommon
  ichidan verb, transitive verbAssemble in the sense of getting a complete set together: a store assembling a full range of goods, or someone gathering every item needed so that the set is complete.
• 集うつどうCommon
  godan verb, intransitive verbPeople coming together — to meet or congregate — but with a formal or literary flavor. In everyday speech the ordinary verb 集まる covers this sense; choose 集う when writing in an elevated style.
  すべての野獣やじゅうが集つどう。↗

  The wild beasts all gather.

For assembling parts into a whole use 「組み立てる」; for people or things coming together, 「集まる」; for actively gathering things, 「集める」; for assembling a complete set of goods, 「取り揃える」; for formal or literary gatherings, 「集う」.

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• 組み立てるくみたてるto assemble
• 集まるあつまるto gather
• 集めるあつめるto collect
• 取り揃えるとりそろえるto assemble (e.g. goods into a set)
• 集うつどうto meet
• 会するかいするto meet
• 取り合わせるとりあわせるto put together
• 取りまとめるとりまとめるto collect
• アセンブルassemble
• 一堂に会するいちどうにかいするto assemble (in a hall)
• たむろうto gather (of people)
• たむろするto gather (of people)
• 会すかいすto meet
• たむろすto gather (of people)
• 組むくむto put together
• 揃うそろうto gather
• 固まるかたまるto gather (together)
• 紡ぐつむぐto spin (a tale)
• 整えるととのえるto get ready
• 具するぐするto assemble (necessary items)
• 具すぐすto assemble (necessary items)
• 組み付けるくみつけるto assemble (e.g. components)