塊・固まり|かたまりkatamari[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounlump; mass; bundle; clump; clod; cluster
   巨大きょだいな肉にくの塊かたまりが当あたった。↗

   I was hit by a huge chunk of meat.
2. noungroup; crowd
3. nounembodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

• Synonym一団いちだんWrittenWritten/formal prose. A group or body moving or acting as one, as in 「一団となって」 or 「一団の雲」; stresses moving in a band rather than forming a solid mass.
• SynonymブロックNeutralNeutral loanword for a block-shaped piece — 「ブロック肉」, concrete blocks, toy blocks — or a city block; leans toward a square or rectangular shape.
• Synonym一丸いちがんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Literally one lump, but now mostly in 「一丸となる」 for unity or solidarity; for a concrete lump 「塊」 is the usual choice.
• Synonym団塊だんかいWrittenWritten/formal prose for a mass or lump, as in rock strata; also fixed in 「団塊の世代」, Japan's postwar baby-boom generation.
• RelatedクラスターNeutralNeutral loanword for a cluster, as in an infection cluster or a computer cluster; a technical term rather than everyday speech.
• RelatedブロックNeutralNeutral loanword for a block-shaped piece — 「ブロック肉」, concrete blocks, toy blocks — or a city block; leans toward a square or rectangular shape.
• Related集塊しゅうかいWrittenWritten/formal prose for an agglomerate of cells, molecules or minerals; mostly in technical texts. In everyday speech 「塊」 is the usual word.
• Related集合体しゅうごうたいWrittenWritten/formal prose for a whole formed of many individual parts; leans toward abstract or conceptual uses.
• Antonym粉こなNeutralNeutral word for powder or flour; the opposite of 「塊」, which is matter clumped into one mass.
• Antonym薔薇薔薇バラバラNeutralNeutral word for things scattered or broken into pieces; the opposite of 「塊」, which is gathered into one mass.

Use 「塊」 for anything clumped into one mass, or the embodiment of a quality, as in 「肉の塊」 and 「欲の塊」. For a group of people use 「一団」, for block-shaped pieces 「ブロック」. 「粉」 and 「バラバラ」 are the opposites; the rest are written or technical terms for special contexts.

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

1. 固かたまること。また、固かたまったもの。
2. 全体ぜんたいから切り取きりとられた部分ぶぶんで、ある大おおきさと形かたちを有ゆうするもの。
3. 一団いちだんとなったもの。
4. 極端きょくたんにある傾向けいこうを持もつもの。