詰め掛ける・詰めかける|つめかけるtsumekakeru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
詰め掛ける詰め掛ける is the most common written form and the recommended choice for beginners. Use it when writing this verb.
詰めかける詰めかける is a less common kanji-kana variant of 詰め掛ける. Beginners should generally choose 詰め掛ける instead.
Definitions
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 詰め掛ける（つめかける） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 詰め掛けます（つめかけます） |
| Negative (nai) | 詰め掛けない（つめかけない） |
| polite (masen) | 詰め掛けません（つめかけません） |
| classical zu / nu | 詰め掛けず・詰め掛けぬ（つめかけず・つめかけぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 詰め掛けた（つめかけた） |
| polite (mashita) | 詰め掛けました（つめかけました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 詰め掛けなかった（つめかけなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 詰め掛けませんでした（つめかけませんでした） |
| Te form | 詰め掛けて（つめかけて） |
| Potential | 詰め掛けられる（つめかけられる） |
| Passive | 詰め掛けられる（つめかけられる） |
| Causative | 詰め掛けさせる（つめかけさせる） |
| Causative passive | 詰め掛けさせられる（つめかけさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 詰め掛ければ（つめかければ） |
| tara | 詰め掛けたら（つめかけたら） |
| Volitional | 詰め掛けよう（つめかけよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 詰め掛けましょう（つめかけましょう） |
| Imperative | 詰め掛けろ（つめかけろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym押し寄せるおしよせるNeutralUsed for crowds or waves surging in with force, as in 「波が押し寄せる」; 「詰め掛ける」 is limited to crowds thronging to a spot.
- Synonym群がるむらがるNeutralPeople or animals clustering in swarms, as in 「蟻が群がる」; it does not stress pouring into a particular place.
- Related立て込むたてこむNeutralCovers a place being crowded and also being swamped with work, as in 「仕事が立て込む」; it does not stress the action of crowds rushing in.
- Related人だかりひとだかりNeutralA noun for a crowd of onlookers that forms, as in 「人だかりができる」; 「詰め掛ける」 is the verb action of thronging to a place.
- Related群衆ぐんしゅうWrittenA written-style noun for a large assembled crowd, common in news reports; 「詰め掛ける」 describes the act of surging somewhere.
- RelatedたかるCasualColloquial, everyday word for people or animals crowding around, and also for sponging or extorting; it does not specifically mean rushing to a spot.
- Related群集ぐんしゅうWrittenWritten-style word for gathering in a crowd or for the crowd itself; it does not stress pouring into a particular place.
- Related群れるむれるNeutralEveryday verb for flocking or banding together, also for following the crowd without ideas of one's own; 「詰め掛ける」 is crowds thronging to a place.
- RelatedひしめくWrittenWritten-style word for a mass of people packed tight and jostling, as in 「群衆がひしめく」; it highlights the crowded state, not the rush to get there.
- Related蝟集いしゅうWrittenLiterary term for many things densely converging on one spot; rare in daily use — say 「群がる」 or 「集まる」 instead.
- Related群れ集うむれつどうWrittenWritten-style word for gathering in flocks at one place, used rarely; 「詰め掛ける」 stresses a crowd surging in.
- RelatedすだくWrittenArchaic word for gathering or swarming, also of insects chirping in swarms; little used today — for a crowd thronging somewhere, use 「詰め掛ける」.
- Antonym退くしりぞくNeutralEveryday verb for moving back or withdrawing; the opposite of 「詰め掛ける」, where crowds surge forward.
Use 「詰め掛ける」 for a crowd thronging to a place. For people or waves surging with momentum, say 「押し寄せる」; for a packed, jostling state, 「ひしめく」; for clustering in swarms, 「群がる」. 「人だかり」 and 「群衆」 are nouns for the crowd itself, and 「立て込む」 covers crowding or being busy. 「蝟集」, 「群れ集う」 and 「集く」 are written and rare.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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