Refers to the act of collecting or gathering things together, or the resulting collection. Often used in contexts like data collection, material gathering, or assembling items.
It took time to gather the materials.
This collection consists entirely of valuable specimens.
Standard kanji spelling for this noun.
Variant spelling without okurigana り; less common but acceptable.
Nominalized form of the verb 取り集める (to collect, to gather), from 取る (to take) + 集める (to gather).