1.
crowd; throng; gathering of people
A cluster of people gathered around something of interest, such as a street performance, an accident scene, or a shop display.
人だかりができていた。
A crowd had gathered.
駅前に人だかりができている。
A crowd is gathering in front of the station.
何があったのか、交差点に大きな人だかりができていた。
A large crowd had gathered at the intersection — I wonder what happened.
Compound of 人 (people) and 集り (gathering), where たかり undergoes rendaku to become だかり. Describes a spontaneous gathering of onlookers rather than a planned assembly. The most common construction is 人だかりができる.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 人だかりができる: a crowd forms
- 人だかりの中: in the crowd
- すごい人だかり: an impressive crowd
- 人だかりを見る: to see a crowd
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 人混み: crowd — a general crowd in a busy area, not necessarily gathered around something specific
- 群衆: crowd, mob — a larger, more formal word often used in news or literature
- 野次馬: rubbernecker, onlooker — focuses on the people watching rather than the crowd itself