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写真集 (しゃしんしゅう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
photo book ; photobook ; collection of photographs
A book made up mainly of photographs. Often refers to a commercially published book featuring a model, idol, actor, or other celebrity, but it can also mean a general artistic or themed collection of photos.
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I put the photos I took on the trip together into a photobook.
Kanji 写 copy, be photographed, describe 真 true, reality, Buddhist sect 集 gather, meet, congregate Similar words フォトブック A loanword with a very similar meaning; it is especially common for personal, custom-printed photobooks or product names.
アルバム Can mean a photo album or music album; unlike 写真集, it does not necessarily imply a published book of photographs.
画が 集しゅう An art book or collection of paintings/illustrations, whereas 写真集 is specifically a collection of photographs.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound from 写真, 'photograph', and 集, 'collection'; literally, a collection of photographs.
