集しゅう

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Meanings

Attaches to nouns to form words meaning a collected set or anthology, such as 作品集 (collection of works) or 論文集 (collection of papers).

この詩し集しゅうには彼かれの初しょ期きの作さく品ひんが収おさめられている。
This poetry collection contains his early works.
来らい月げつ、短たん編ぺん集しゅうを出しゅっ版ぱんする予よ定ていです。
I plan to publish a short story collection next month.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉集しゅうa collection/anthology of ~
祖そ父ふの遺のこした俳はい句く集しゅうを出しゅっ版ぱんした。
We published a collection of haiku left behind by my grandfather.
〈物もの〉集しゅうを編あむto compile an anthology/collection of ~
詩し人じんは新あたらしい詩し集しゅうを編あんだ。
The poet compiled a new collection of poems.

Kanji

集gather, meet, congregate

Related words

集しゅう成せい
集成 refers to a systematic compilation or synthesis of materials, while 集 is a lighter suffix simply meaning 'a collection of ~' attached to a noun like 作品集.

Don't confuse with

週しゅうN3
集 (しゅう, 'collection') and 週 (しゅう, 'week') share the same reading but are completely unrelated in meaning, so learners must rely on kanji to tell them apart.
州しゅうN3
集 (しゅう, 'collection') and 州 (しゅう, 'state/province') are pronounced identically but refer to entirely different concepts, so context and kanji distinguish them.

Counted with

部ぶN2
department; division; bureau; faculty · club; team · part; portion; region; area · category; class; division; section; heading · counter for copies of newspapers, magazines, books, etc.

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編へん集しゅうN2
editing; compilation
募ぼ集しゅうN3
recruitment; solicitation; taking applications · raising (funds); solicitation (of donations); collection · flotation (of shares, bonds, etc.); offering
集しゅう中ちゅうN3
concentration; focus one's attention · concentration in one place; centralization; gathering · focus of questions; focus of debate; convergence · within a collection of works
集しゅう団だんN3
group; mass; collective body
特とく集しゅうN1
special feature; special edition; report

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集しゅう合ごうN3
meeting up; gathering; assembly · set
収しゅう集しゅうN2
collecting; accumulating; gathering · collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.) · garbage collection; waste collection
集しゅう会かいN2
meeting; assembly; gathering
集しゅう結けつ
gathering; massing; concentration
集しゅう計けいN1
total; aggregate; tally; sum up
集しゅう落らくN1
settlement; village; community · colony (bacterial)
集しゅう約やく
consolidate; aggregate; summarize
集しゅう客きゃく
attracting customers; customer acquisition
総そう集しゅう編へん
compilation; highlights; summary collection
招しょう集しゅう
convening; convocation; calling a meeting · summons; call-up; calling people together
集しゅう積せき
accumulation; collection; gathering
結けっ集しゅう
concentration; gathering together; mobilization
密みっ集しゅうN1
crowding together; clustering; close formation; swarm
全ぜん集しゅうN2
complete works; complete collection; complete series
集しゅう大たい成せい
compilation; comprehensive collection · culmination; fruit of labor
召しょう集しゅう
convening; calling together; call-up
採さい集しゅうN1
collecting; gathering
画が集しゅう
art book; collection of pictures
集しゅう金きんN2
money collection; collecting payments
文ぶん集しゅう
anthology; collection of writings
詩し集しゅう
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
群ぐん集しゅうN1
crowd; gathering; assembly
資し料りょう集しゅう
document collection; compilation of materials
集しゅう権けん
centralization of power
集しゅう成せい
aggregation; compilation; collection

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Etymology

The kanji 集 means 'gather' or 'collect'. As a suffix, it derives from its use in compounds to denote a collected body of works or items.