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纏める

まとめる

to gather together, to put in order, to summarize, to settle (a deal)

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Examples

  1. データはまだ纏めていません。

    でーたはまだまとめていません。

    The data hasn't been compiled yet.

  2. みんなの意見を一つに纏めるのは難しい。

    みんなのいけんをひとつにまとめるのはむずかしい。

    It's hard to bring everyone's opinions together.

  3. 調べたことをレポートに纏めて提出した。

    しらべたことをれぽーとにまとめてていしゅつした。

    I wrote up what I had researched into a report and handed it in.

  4. 荷物を一つに纏めておいてください。

    にもつをひとつにまとめておいてください。

    Please put the luggage together in one bundle.

Common patterns

意見を纏める
to pull opinions together
一つに纏める
to combine into one
話を纏める
to settle a matter, to close a deal

Memory tip

Almost always written in kana as まとめる. It covers physically bundling things, organising information into a summary, and bringing a negotiation to a successful close. The intransitive pair is まとまる.

Kanji in this word

  • 纏Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists

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