How to say "bunch" in Japanese

• 群ぐんJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)A group or crowd of people, animals, or things gathered together. Use this when 'bunch' refers to a number of beings or items clustered in one place, such as a bunch of kids or reporters.
  牧羊犬ぼくようけんが、羊ひつじの群ぐんを牧場ぼくじょうへ連つれていく。↗

  A sheep dog drives the flock to the pasture.
• 束たばJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix), counterThe physical sense: a number of long, slender things bound or held together, like a bundle. This is the word for a bunch of sticks, flowers, or similar items tied as one unit.
  そうしたら、茂しげみの下したにいくつかの１０００ドル札さつの束たばを見みつけ、それをバスケットの中なかに入いれた。↗

  Then she found several stacks of thousand-dollar bills under a bush and put them in her basket.
• 連中れんちゅうJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounA bunch of people viewed as a company or lot, often with a slightly rough or dismissive nuance. Suits 'a bunch of troublemakers' or 'that bunch'; not used for things, only for people.
  あの連中れんちゅうには近ちかづいてはいけないよ。↗

  You must steer clear of that gang.
• 林はやしJLPT N4approx.Common
  nounA figurative use: many similar things standing or appearing so densely that they resemble a grove, hence a bunch or cluster of something. For example, a dense line of buildings or signs forming a bunch before the eye.
• 房ふさCommon
  noun, counterThe botanical sense: a bunch of grapes or bananas, or a cluster of flowers growing together on a stem. If 'bunch' means fruit or blossoms on a plant, this is the word you want.
  私は市場しじょうでリンゴを３個こにブドウを二ふた房ふさ、デザート用ように買かった。↗

  I bought three apples and two bunches of grapes for dessert at the market.

Choose 束 for a physical bundle of things, 房 for fruit or flowers on a stem, 群 for a crowd of people or animals, 連中 for a dismissive 'bunch of people', and 林 for a figurative dense cluster.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 群ぐんgroup
• 束たばbundle
• 連中れんちゅうcompany
• 輩はいgroup
• バンチbunch
• ひとまとまり(a) bunch
• ひとまとめbundle
• 千成りせんなりgreat collection (of things)
• 一把いちわbundle
• 林はやしbunch (of something)
• 組くみlot
• 団子だんごlump
• 房ふさbunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.)
• 族ぞくgroup (of people who share a common feature)
• 衆しゅうpeople
• 団子状だんごじょうlump (of many different things)