まとまる: to be settled
まとまる matomaru
to be settled; to come together
JLPT N2Thinking & talking
Example sentences
争いの中で、いくつものムラがまとまり、クニと呼ばれる小さな国ができていったと考えられています。
It is thought that in the course of these conflicts, several villages joined together and small states called kuni gradually formed.
From the lesson ムラからクニへ