撤てっ収しゅう

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撤収する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	撤てっ収しゅうする	撤てっ収しゅうしない
Polite	撤てっ収しゅうします	撤てっ収しゅうしません
Past polite	撤てっ収しゅうしました	撤てっ収しゅうしませんでした
Past	撤てっ収しゅうした	撤てっ収しゅうしなかった
Te-form	撤てっ収しゅうして	撤てっ収しゅうしないで
Desire	撤てっ収しゅうしたい	撤てっ収しゅうしたくない
Potential	撤てっ収しゅうできる	撤てっ収しゅうできない
Passive	撤てっ収しゅうされる	撤てっ収しゅうされない
Causative	撤てっ収しゅうさせる	撤てっ収しゅうさせない
Causative passive	撤てっ収しゅうさせられる	撤てっ収しゅうさせられない
Volitional	撤てっ収しゅうしよう
Polite volitional	撤てっ収しゅうしましょう
Imperative	撤てっ収しゅうしろ	撤てっ収しゅうするな
Conditional	撤てっ収しゅうすれば	撤てっ収しゅうしなければ
Tara conditional	撤てっ収しゅうしたら	撤てっ収しゅうしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

removal; dismantling; striking

Used for taking down and packing up physical setups: tents, stage sets, equipment, temporary structures, etc. Often implies organized clearing after an event or operation.

イベントが終おわったので、テントを撤てっ収しゅうした。
After the event ended, we took down the tents.
舞ぶ台たい装そう置ちの撤てっ収しゅうには数すう時じ間かんかかった。
Striking the stage set took several hours.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

withdrawal; pulling out; evacuation; retreat

Primarily used for military or organized group withdrawal from a location. Can be used transitively (withdrawing troops) or intransitively (troops withdraw).

軍ぐんはその地ち域いきから部ぶ隊たいを撤てっ収しゅうさせた。
The military withdrew its troops from the area.
敵てき軍ぐんが撤てっ収しゅうを開かい始しした。
The enemy forces began their withdrawal.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を撤てっ収しゅうするto dismantle and pack up (equipment, a tent, etc.)
イベントが終おわったので、テントを撤てっ収しゅうした。
Since the event was over, we took down the tent.
〈場ば所しょ〉から撤てっ収しゅうするto withdraw from a place (troops, staff, etc.)
部ぶ隊たいは戦せん場じょうから撤てっ収しゅうした。
The unit withdrew from the battlefield.
〈人ひと〉に撤てっ収しゅうを命めいじるto order someone to withdraw/pull out
司し令れい官かんは部ぶ隊たいに撤てっ収しゅうを命めいじた。
The commander ordered the troops to withdraw.

Kanji

撤remove, withdraw, disarm
収income, obtain, reap

Transitive / intransitive

撤収 is used both transitively and intransitively: 「テントを撤収する」(to pack up the tent, transitive) and 「部隊が撤収する」(the troops withdraw, intransitive).

Related words

撤てっ退たい sense 2
撤退 specifically means a military or strategic retreat from a position, while 撤収 can also refer to dismantling equipment such as tents or stages.
撤てっ去きょ sense 1
撤去 focuses on removing an unwanted object or structure (e.g. illegal parking), whereas 撤収 implies an organized packing-up and departure.
撤てっ兵ぺい sense 2
撤兵 refers narrowly to withdrawing troops from a territory, while 撤収 is broader and can describe any organized withdrawal or dismantling.
引ひき下さげるN1
撤収する means to pull back or pack up troops or equipment, similar to 引き下げる's sense of withdrawing forces from a place.

Opposites

設せつ営えい sense 1
設営 means setting up a venue or equipment, the opposite process to 撤収's dismantling and packing up.
展てん開かいN2sense 2
展開 means deploying troops or forces into an area, the opposite of 撤収's pulling them out.
配はい備び
撤収 means withdrawing or pulling back deployed forces or equipment, the opposite of 配備 which means putting them in place.

Don't confuse with

撤てっ去きょ
撤収 usually means packing up and withdrawing (e.g. equipment, camp, troops) as a coordinated retreat, whereas 撤去 simply means removing an object from where it stands.

Etymology

Compound of 撤 (remove, withdraw) and 収 (take in, store). The combination conveys the idea of removing something and putting it away in an orderly manner.