人だかり・人集り|ひとだかりhitodakari[0]heiban (flat)

1. nouncrowd; throng
   話し手はなしての周まわりには人ひとだかりがしていた。↗

   A crowd of people gathered around the speaker.

• Synonym群衆ぐんしゅうNeutralA large crowd of people gathered together; leans written and objective, while 「人だかり」 focuses on many people clustering in one spot.
• Synonym群集ぐんしゅうWrittenCrowding together in groups, or the crowd that forms, as in 「群集心理」; written/formal. 「人だかり」 is a mass of people clustered in one spot.
• Synonym集まりあつまりNeutralA gathering of people or things, or a meeting, as in 「町内の集まり」; 「人だかり」 is specifically a crowd of people clustered in one place.
• Synonym大勢おおぜいNeutralJust means a great number of people; unlike 「人だかり」, it says nothing about people piling up in one spot.
• Synonym群れむれNeutralA group or flock, mostly of animals but usable neutrally of people, as in 「人の群れ」; 「人だかり」 is specifically people massed together.
• Synonym大群たいぐんNeutralA huge group, mostly of animals, birds or fish; 「人だかり」 is specifically people clustered in one place.
• SynonymモブNeutralA loanword for the crowd or for background characters; leans anime and gaming contexts.
• Related一団いちだんNeutralA body or party of people; stresses moving together as one group, while 「人だかり」 is simply people gathered in one place.
• Related一群いちぐんWrittenA group or expanse; written/formal, and used of things as well as people, while 「人だかり」 is specifically people gathered in one place.
• Related詰め掛けるつめかけるNeutralA verb for crowds flocking in and packing a place; 「人だかり」 is the noun for the resulting mass of people.
• Related押し寄せるおしよせるNeutralA verb for surging or closing in; stresses the momentum, while 「人だかり」 is the noun for the gathered crowd.
• RelatedたかるCasualColloquial verb for swarming round someone, also for sponging or pestering; 「人だかり」 is the noun for the crowd that forms.
• Related群がるむらがるNeutralA verb for swarming together; stresses the flocking motion, while 「人だかり」 is the noun for the crowd that forms.
• Related群れるむれるNeutralA verb for flocking or banding together, of animals or people; with people it can hint at following the crowd. 「人だかり」 is a noun.
• Related一群れひとむれNeutralA group or cluster; a native-Japanese word used less often, while 「人だかり」 is specifically people gathered in one place.
• Related烏合の衆うごうのしゅうNeutralA disorderly mob, derogatory; 「人だかり」 merely describes many people gathered, with no judgement attached.
• Related人立ちひとだちWrittenA crowd of people; old-fashioned and rarely used — in everyday speech say 「人だかり」.
• Antonym閑散かんさんNeutralAntonym: deserted and quiet, as of shops or streets, as in 「閑散とした通り」 — the opposite of a packed 「人だかり」.

Use 「人だかり」 for a crowd of people massed in one spot, as in 「事故現場に人だかりができる」. For a large crowd in general, 「群衆」 is the written, objective choice; 「詰め掛ける」 and 「群がる」 are verbs for crowds flocking or swarming in. For gatherings, meetings, or groups of animals, pick 「集まり」, 「群れ」, 「一団」 and the like; 「閑散」 is the antonym for deserted, quiet streets and shops.

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

1. 大勢おおぜいの人ひとが一ひとつの場所ばしょに群むらがり、集あつまること。また、そのような群衆ぐんしゅう。