1.
collection point; collection site; gathering place
A designated location where things are gathered or collected, most commonly used for garbage and recycling collection points in residential areas.
ごみは集積所に出してください。
Please put your garbage at the collection point.
朝八時までに集積所にごみを出す決まりだ。
The rule is to put garbage at the collection point by 8 a.m.
引っ越してきたばかりなので、ごみの集積所がどこか分からなかった。
Since I had just moved in, I didn't know where the garbage collection point was.
USAGE:
A compound of 集積 (accumulation, collection) + 所 (place). Most commonly used in daily life to refer to the designated garbage collection spot in a neighborhood. In Japan, garbage must be taken to a specific community collection point, not left at the curb in front of one's own house.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- ごみの集積所 (garbage collection point)
- 集積所に出す (to put out at the collection point)
- 集積所の掃除 (cleaning the collection point)
SIMILAR WORDS:
- ごみ置き場: garbage spot — a more casual/colloquial term
- 集積場: collection site — similar meaning, sometimes used for larger-scale operations