組む|くむkumu[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. godan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbto cross (legs or arms); to link (arms)
   私は彼かれらが腕うでを組くんで歩あるいているのを見みた。↗

   I saw them walking arm in arm.
2. godan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbto put together; to construct; to assemble; to produce (e.g. TV program)
3. godan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbto braid; to plait
4. godan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbto grapple; to wrestle
5. godan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbto unite; to join; to link up; to form an alliance
6. godan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbto set (e.g. type)
7. godan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbto issue (e.g. money order)

• Synonym組み立てるくみたてるNeutralNeutral word for putting parts together, as in 「家具を組み立てる」; also used for building sentences; 「組む」 has a wider range of meanings.
• Synonym組み上げるくみあげるNeutralNeutral word for assembling something to completion or stacking it up layer by layer, as in 「足場を組み上げる」— it stresses finishing or building high.
• Related連合れんごうWrittenWritten/formal word for several groups forming an alliance or federation, as in 「国際連合」; 「組む」 can mean two people teaming up or assembling things.
• Related共同きょうどうNeutralNeutral word for doing or owning things jointly, as in 「共同研究」; 「組む」 stresses teaming up as partners or forming some kind of structure.
• Related組織そしきWrittenMore formal than 「組む」: it means building an organized group with roles and a system, as in 「労働者を組織する」; 「組む」 usually means pairing up or forming a small team.
• Related構成こうせいNeutralNeutral word for how elements make up a whole, as in 「番組の構成」— it points to the structure itself; 「組む」 is about hands-on combining and matching.
• Related合同ごうどうNeutralNeutral word for several groups merging or holding an event jointly, as in 「合同練習」; 「組む」 usually means two parties teaming up.
• Related構築こうちくWrittenWritten/formal word for building up systems or structures, as in 「関係を構築する」; 「組む」 is more colloquial, and 「日程を組む」「予算を組む」 are common.
• Related形成けいせいWrittenWritten/formal word for something taking shape, as in 「人格形成」— it can happen naturally; 「組む」 is deliberate, hands-on combining and matching.
• Related結束けっそくWrittenWritten/formal word for a group standing united, as in 「結束を固める」— it stresses cohesion; 「組む」 stresses becoming partners.
• Related団結だんけつNeutralNeutral word for many people uniting as one, as in 「一致団結」— it stresses working in unison; not used for crossing arms or assembling things.
• Related合体がったいNeutralNeutral word for two or more things merging into one, as in 「ロボットが合体する」; also used in biology and the like; 「組む」 does not necessarily make one whole.
• AntonymとくNeutralNeutral antonym: untying knots and bindings, the reverse of 「組む」 in its braiding and tying sense; also means solving problems.
• Antonym分解するNeutralNeutral antonym: taking an assembled thing apart into its components, the reverse of 「組む」 in its assembling sense.

Use 「組む」 for crossing arms, teaming up with someone, or arranging schedules and budgets. For putting parts together say 「組み立てる」; for groups merging or joint events 「連合」「合同」; for unity 「団結」. 「共同」 for doing things jointly, 「構成」 for the makeup of a whole, 「組み上げる」 for completing an assembly, 「合体」 for merging into one; 「組織」「構築」「形成」「結束」 are written-style; 「解く」「分解する」 are the opposites.

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

1. 凹凸おうとつを合あわせるなどして一ひとつにする。
2. たがいに腕うでを取り合とりあって闘たたかう。取っ組とっくみ合あいの姿勢しせいを取とる。
3. 何人なんにんかを一ひとつにして、グループや組織そしきをつくる。
4. ある目的もくてきのため仲間なかまをつくって協働きょうどうする。相手あいてやパートナーとなる。
5. いくつかの部品ぶひんを合あわせて複雑ふくざつなものを作つくる。（試ためしに）組み立くみたてる。
6. 版面はんめんを構成こうせいする。記事きじを作つくる。