収集

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See also: 收集

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
しゅう
Grade: 6
しゅう
Grade: 3
kan'on
Alternative spellings
收集 (kyūjitai)
蒐集
聚集 (rare)

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 收集 (MC syuw dzip, “to collect, to gather”), from (MC syuw, “to receive, to collect”) + (MC dzip, “to gather”). First appears in roughly 760 CE with the spelling 聚集 in kanbun texts.[1]

The 収集 spelling appears to be more common in modern usage.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(しゅう)(しゅう) (shūshūしうしふ (siusifu)?

  1. collection, collecting
    データ収集(しゅうしゅう)
    dēta shūshū
    data collection

Synonyms

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Verb

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(しゅう)(しゅう)する (shūshū suruしうしふ (siusifu)?transitive suru (stem (しゅう)(しゅう) (shūshū shi), past (しゅう)(しゅう)した (shūshū shita))

  1. to collect, to gather

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN