How to say "set" in Japanese

• セットJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounCovers 'set' as a noun for things that go together, such as a set of dishes or a combo meal; usually the word you want for sets of things.
  当店とうてんにはベートーベンの交響曲こうきょうきょくの録音ろくおんの完全かんぜんなセットがございます。↗

  We have a complete set of the recordings of Beethoven's symphonies.
• 対ついCommon
  nounMeans a pair or couple — two matching items or two people together. It fits 'set' only when the set is exactly two matched items; otherwise it is not the word you want.
• 組み合わせくみあわせJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounCovers 'set' in the sense of a combination or assortment — the focus is on how items are put together. Use it when the point is which things are combined, rather than a ready-made package.
  一いち国こくにとって金融きんゆう政策せいさくと財政ざいせい政策せいさくの適切てきせつな組み合くみあわせが大切たいせつである。↗

  It is important for a nation to have an adequate mix of monetary and fiscal policies.
• 据えるすえるJLPT N1approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbThis is the verb 'to set': to place or fix something in position, as in setting a table or laying a foundation. It does not cover the noun 'set' at all.
  中央ちゅうおうには机つくえが据すえられていて、赤あかい革張かわばりの回転かいてん椅子いすがそえてあった。↗

  A desk stood in the centre, with a red leather swivel chair.
• 輩やからCommon
  nounCovers 'set' only for people: a group or clan of people, often with a dismissive nuance. It is never the word for sets of things; think 'that lot' rather than 'a set'.

Use 「セット」 for a set of things that go together, 対 only when the set is a matched pair, 「組み合わせ」 for a combination or assortment, 「据える」 for the verb sense, and 輩 for a group of people.

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• セットset (of things)
• 対ついpair
• 組み合わせくみあわせcombination
• 据えるすえるto place (in position)
• 輩やからparty (of people)
• 入れるいれるto put in
• 決めるきめるto decide
• 期すきすto fix (a time, date, etc.)
• 課するかするto impose (a tax, fine, etc.)
• 重ねかさねpile
• 課すかすto impose (a tax, fine, etc.)
• 揃いそろいset
• 徒とparty
• はめ込むはめこむto fit (e.g. a pane into a frame)
• 散りばめるちりばめるto inlay
• 期するきするto fix (a time, date, etc.)
• 食いしばるくいしばるto clench (one's teeth)
• 徒輩とはいset
• 没るいるto set (of the sun)
• 組み物くみものset
• 日が暮れるひがくれるto set (sun)
• 皆具かいぐset (of clothes, armor, gear, etc.)
• 接ぐつぐto join
• 没するぼっするto sink
• 舞台背景ぶたいはいけいstage scenery
• お決まりおきまりstandard
• けしかけるto instigate
• 切り枝きりえだcuttings
• 一式いっしき(complete) set
• 入るいるto set (of the sun or moon)
• 落ちるおちるto set (of the sun or moon)
• 仕掛けるしかけるto set (traps)
• 集合しゅうごうset
• 組くみlot
• 沈むしずむto go down (e.g. sun)
• 仲間なかまgroup
• 植えるうえるto insert
• コンボcombination
• 突き立てるつきたてるto plant (in the ground, snow, etc.)
• 現場げんばfilming location
• 作るつくるto set (a record)
• 切るきるto set (a limit)
• つけるto appraise
• かけるto turn on (an engine, radio, etc.)
• 組むくむto set (e.g. type)
• 連れんparty