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collection, gathering, collecting
The act of gathering or collecting things together. Used for both systematic gathering of data or materials, and for collecting items as a hobby.
切手を収集している。
I collect stamps.
情報収集に時間がかかった。
It took time to gather information.
市では毎週火曜日にゴミの収集が行われている。
The city collects garbage every Tuesday.
A versatile word used across many contexts — from hobby collecting (切手収集, stamp collecting) to data gathering (情報収集) to municipal waste collection (ゴミ収集). The person who collects as a hobby is called a 収集家 (collector).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 情報収集 — information gathering
- 資料収集 — data/material collection
- ゴミ収集 — garbage collection
- 収集家 — collector (hobbyist)
- 収集癖 — collecting habit, hoarding tendency