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収集

しゅうしゅう

nountransitive 他動詞

Meanings

1gathering up
2collection
3collecting
4accumulating
5gathering
6collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.)
7garbage collection
8waste collection

Example sentence

私の趣味は外国切手を収集することです。

My hobby is collecting foreign stamps.

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Kanji in this word

収Income, Obtain, Reap4 strokes 集Gather, Meet, Congregate12 strokes

More words with 収

収入しゅうにゅう · incomeN3 回収かいしゅう · collectionN1 収支しゅうし · income and expenditureN1 買収ばいしゅう · acquisition (esp. corporate)年収ねんしゅう · annual income

Full entry on Jisho

収益

しゅうえき · earnings

N1

収容しゅうよう · accommodationN1

収穫しゅうかく · harvestN3

More words with 集

集会しゅうかい · meetingN2 編集へんしゅう · editingN2 集団しゅうだん · groupN3 集中しゅうちゅう · concentrationN3 募集ぼしゅう · recruitmentN2 特集とくしゅう · feature (e.g., newspaper, special edition, report)N1 集めるあつめる · to collectN4 集まりあつまり · gatheringN3

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