What exactly is a "matome" anyway? I've never heard the term before I came to this site, and when… - Feed Post by zimfreak
What exactly is a "matome" anyway? I've never heard the term before I came to this site, and when I looked it up almost all the results were in Japanese I can't read lol
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The verb 纏める（まとめる）means "to collect, to put together, to integrate, to consolidate, to unify; to summarise, to aggregate; ..."
The kanji 纏 means "wrap, wind around, tie, bind, collect, ...", the radical of that kanji 糹(糸) meaning "thread".
纏め（まとめ）is a noun form of that verb, meaning "settlement, conclusion, summary". So, in the case of what it's used for on this site, a "matome" means a "summary" (a short wrap-up of a certain subject). ^^
Ah, I see. Thanks Mog.
