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寄せ集め (yoseatsume) Japanese meaning: mishmash | Kotomora
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寄よ
せ
集あつ
め
だ
から
、
連れん
携けい
が
うまく
いか
ない
。
This team is a mishmash, so coordination doesn't go well.
The drawer is full of odds and ends of stationery.
Kanji 寄 draw near, stop in, bring near 集 gather, meet, congregate Related words ごちゃ混ぜ stresses a chaotic, messy physical mixture, while 寄せ集め focuses on the act of gathering disparate items, often implying low quality.
雑多 is an adjectival noun describing miscellaneous, varied things, whereas 寄せ集め is a noun naming the resulting hodgepodge itself.
寄せ集め just means a random collection of things gathered together, whereas 継ぎ接ぎ specifically implies stitching or joining disparate pieces into one whole.
寄せ集め means a hodgepodge or random collection of things, whereas パッチワーク suggests pieces deliberately combined into a coherent whole, as in a quilt.
Written forms 寄よ せ 集あつ め Usage 95%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
よせあつめ Usage 5%
寄よせ 集あつ め
Less common variant without the okurigana せ.
Etymology Compound of 寄せ (yose, the continuative form of 寄せる 'to bring near, collect') + 集め (atsume, the continuative form of 集める 'to gather'). Literally 'gathering and collecting', referring to a collection of miscellaneous items.
