JLPT N3 · Verb

まとまる (matomaru)

まとまる is a Japanese verb meaning “to find resolution; to be settled”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
まとまる
Romaji
matomaru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to find resolution; to be settled; to be agreed on; to be completed · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
  2. to be collected; to be assembled; to be brought together · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
  3. to be well arranged; to be in order; to be unified; to take shape; to be coherent · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana

Example sentences

3時間議論したが、我々は話がまとまらなかった。
After three hours of discussion we got nowhere.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of まとまる

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionaryまとまるまとまる matomaru
Polite (~masu)まとまりますまとまります matomarimasu
Negativeまとまらないまとまらない matomaranai
Polite negativeまとまりませんまとまりません matomarimasen
Pastまとまったまとまった matomatta
Polite pastまとまりましたまとまりました matomarimashita
Negative pastまとまらなかったまとまらなかった matomaranakatta
Te-formまとまってまとまって matomatte
Potentialまとまれるまとまれる matomareru
Passiveまとまられるまとまられる matomarareru
Causativeまとまらせるまとまらせる matomaraseru
Volitionalまとまろうまとまろう matomarou
Imperativeまとまれまとまれ matomare
Conditional (~ba)まとまればまとまれば matomareba

Source: JMdict entry 1611640 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.