Word · 単語
集る
Reading たかる
to gather
- 1 to gather, to crowd round, to swarm, to flock
- 2 to sponge (off someone), to scrounge, to pester (someone for something), to bum, to cadge
- 3 to extort, to take (money) through intimidation
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例文 · examples
蝿をたからせるな。
Keep off the flies.
sense 1 · to gather
その男はいつも私に金をたかる。
The man always cadges money from me.
sense 2 · to sponge (off someone)
ありが砂糖にたかっている。
Ants are swarming around the sugar.
sense 1 · to gather
ケーキにはアリがいっぱいたかっていた。
The cake was alive with ants.
sense 1 · to gather
その花には蜜蜂がいっぱいたかっている。
The flower is alive with bees.
sense 1 · to gather