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JLPT N2 · Noun

塊 (katamari)

塊 (かたまり, katamari) is a Japanese noun meaning “lump; mass”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
かたまり
Romaji
katamari
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. lump; mass; bundle; clump; clod · noun
  2. group; crowd · noun
  3. embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification · noun

Example sentences

巨大な肉の塊が当たった。
I was hit by a huge chunk of meat.
Tatoeba #182170

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

Kanji in 塊

塊
clod, lump, chunkカイ・ケ・かたまり・つちくれ · 13 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1590410 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.