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切手収集 (きってしゅうしゅう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

切きっ手て収しゅう集しゅう

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Meanings

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noun

stamp collecting; philately

Refers to the hobby of collecting postage stamps. 切手蒐集 is a rarer variant using the kanji 蒐.

祖そ父ふの趣しゅ味みは切きっ手て収しゅう集しゅうです。
My grandfather's hobby is stamp collecting.
切きっ手て収しゅう集しゅうを通

つう

じ

て

世せ

界かい

中じゅう

の

文ぶん

化か

を

学まな

べる

。

You can learn about cultures around the world through stamp collecting.

Written forms

切きっ手て収しゅう集しゅう
Standard kanji spelling for stamp collecting.
切きっ手て蒐しゅう集しゅう
Uses the rare kanji 蒐 (collect); mainly seen in older or specialized contexts.

Kanji

切cut, cutoff, be sharp
手hand
収income, obtain, reap
集gather, meet, congregate
蒐gather

Similar words

収しゅう集しゅう
General term for collecting; 切手収集 specifies stamp collecting.
切きっ手て
Means 'postage stamp'; 切手収集 is the activity of collecting them.

Etymology

Compound of 切手 (stamp) and 収集 (collection). The variant 切手蒐集 uses the less common kanji 蒐, which also means 'to collect'.