全集(ぜんしゅう)

ぜんしゅう
noun
complete works, collected works
1. complete works, collected works
A comprehensive collection of all or most works by a single author, artist, or on a single subject, typically published as a multi-volume set.
夏目漱石(なつめそうせき)全集(ぜんしゅう)を読(よ)んでいる。
I am reading the complete works of Natsume Soseki.
全集(ぜんしゅう)は全(ぜん)20巻(かん)で構成(こうせい)されている。
The collected works are composed of 20 volumes.
祖父(そふ)の書斎(しょさい)には世界文学全集(せかいぶんがくぜんしゅう)がずらりと並(なら)んでいた。
In my grandfather's study, a complete collection of world literature was lined up on the shelves.

Composed of 全(ぜん) (complete, all) + 集(しゅう) (collection). Commonly used in the titles of multi-volume publications.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 著作(ちょさく)全集(ぜんしゅう) (complete written works)
  • 全集(ぜんしゅう)を刊行(かんこう)する (publish a complete works)
  • 全(ぜん)○巻(かん)の全集(ぜんしゅう) (a complete works in ○ volumes)
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