noun
Refers to the act of collecting or gathering things together, or the resulting collection. Often used in contexts like data collection, material gathering, or assembling items.
資料の取り集めに時間がかかった。
It took time to gather the materials.
この取り集めは貴重な標本ばかりだ。
This collection consists entirely of valuable specimens.
Nominalized form of the verb 取り集める (to collect, to gather), from 取る (to take) + 集める (to gather).