切きっ手て収しゅう集しゅう家か

noun

stamp collector; philatelist

A person who collects postage stamps as a hobby or for study. 切手収集家 is the formal term; in casual conversation, 切手コレクター is also common.

• 彼かれは熱ねっ心しんな切きっ手て収しゅう集しゅう家かで、世せ界かい中じゅうの珍めずらしい切きっ手てを持もっている。

  He is an enthusiastic stamp collector and owns rare stamps from around the world.

• 祖そ父ふは若わかい頃ころから切きっ手て収しゅう集しゅう家かとして知しられていた。

  My grandfather was known as a stamp collector since he was young.