Word
密集
Meaning in Englishcrowd, close formation, dense
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Word context
What it means
密集 means a state in which things are packed closely together, producing high density; it is used to describe crowds, populations, and densely arranged spaces.
Main meanings
- Dense or crowded condition of people, structures, or items
- High density in a region's population or layout
- As a verb, 密集する to crowd together or become densely packed
How to use it
Used in formal and neutral discourse to describe density or crowding; common collocations include 人口密集, 都市密集, 建物密集. In descriptions, 実施状況や都市計画の文脈で用いられる。短い表現として密集度, 密集した地域なども使われる。
Variants and close terms
- 密集 — misshū: dense or crowded
- 混雑 — konzatsu: crowding, congestion
- 人口密集 — jinkō misshū: dense population
- 高密度 — kōmitsudo: high density
Composition
- 密 mitsu — close, dense; 宀 roof indicates enclosure
- 集 shū — to gather, assemble
- 密集 as a compound means a dense gathering of people or objects
Word class
Noun, suru-verb (名詞, する動詞)