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詰め掛ける (つめかける) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
crowd into ; throng to ; flock to
Describes a large number of people gathering and pressing into a place, often a building, event, or entrance. Intransitive; the place is marked with に.
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A large crowd of fans flocked to the concert venue.
Written forms 詰つ め 掛か ける Usage 20%
Standard kanji spelling with high frequency.
詰つ めかける Usage 44%
Common variant with かける in kana.
つめかける Usage 36%
Similar words 押お し 寄よ せる 押し寄せる emphasizes a surging, wave-like movement, often of crowds or abstract things like emotions, while 詰め掛ける focuses on people physically crowding into a specific location.
殺さっ 到とう する 殺到する implies a rush or flood of people, calls, or applications, often with a sense of urgency or overwhelming numbers, whereas 詰め掛ける is more about physical gathering and pressing into a place.
Etymology Compound of 詰める (tsumeru, 'to pack, press') and 掛ける (kakeru, 'to go toward, set about'), literally 'to press toward'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the meaning is transparent from its components.
