まとまる・纏まるmatomaru[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto find resolution; to be settled; to be agreed on; to be completed
    3時間じかん議論ぎろんしたが、我々われわれは話はなしがまとまらなかった。↗
    After three hours of discussion we got nowhere.
  2. godan verb, intransitive verbto be collected; to be assembled; to be brought together
  3. godan verb, intransitive verbto be well arranged; to be in order; to be unified; to take shape; to be coherent
Conjugation
Dictionary formまとまる
Polite (masu)まとまります
Negative (nai)まとまらない
polite (masen)まとまりません
classical zu / nuまとまらず・まとまらぬ
Past (ta)まとまった
polite (mashita)まとまりました
Past negative (nakatta)まとまらなかった
polite (masen deshita)まとまりませんでした
Te formまとまって
Potentialまとまれる
Passiveまとまられる
Causativeまとまらせる
Causative passiveまとまらせられる・まとまらされる
Conditional (ba)まとまれば
taraまとまったら
Volitionalまとまろう
polite (mashou)まとまりましょう
Imperativeまとまれ

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Transitive / intransitive pair
intransitiveまとまる⇄transitiveまとめる
意見いけんがまとまる
纏まる describes a situation where things naturally come together or reach a settled state, while 纏める focuses on a person actively gathering, organizing, or unifying them.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 一ひとつの統一とういつしたものになる。一体いったいになる。
  2. 考かんがえなどが首尾しゅび一貫いっかんしたものとなる。

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