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写真集 (しゃしんしゅう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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I put the photos I took on the trip together into a photobook.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 の 写しゃ 真しん 集しゅう を 出だ す to publish a photo book (of a celebrity, model, etc.)
That idol released her first photo book.
写しゃ 真しん 集しゅう を 発はつ 売ばい する to put a photo book on sale
A new photo book will go on sale next month.
写しゃ 真しん 集しゅう に 載の る to appear in a photo book
Her photo appears in the photo book.
Kanji 写 copy, be photographed, describe 真 true, reality, Buddhist sect 集 gather, meet, congregate Related words 写真集 is the standard word for a published photo book, often of a celebrity, while フォトブック is a loanword typically used for personal, custom-printed photo books.
写真集 specifically means a published book of photographs, whereas アルバム can mean any photo album (or even a music album) without implying commercial publication.
写真集 collects photographs, while 画集 collects paintings or drawings.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound from 写真, 'photograph', and 集, 'collection'; literally, a collection of photographs.
