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切手集め (きってあつめ, kitteatsume) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

切きっ手て集あつめ

Meanings

1

stamp collecting

Refers to the hobby or activity of collecting postage stamps.

祖そ父ふの趣しゅ味みは切きっ手て集あつめです。
My grandfather's hobby is stamp collecting.

Kanji

切cut, cutoff, be sharp
手hand
集gather, meet, congregate

Built from

切きっ手て+

集あつめる

Etymology

Compound of 切手 (stamp) and 集め (collecting), the nominalized stem of 集める (to collect).