collecting; gathering; assembling
Used as a noun or suffix to indicate the act of collecting or gathering something. Often appears in compound nouns like 切手集め (stamp collecting) or 情報集め (information gathering).
His hobby is stamp collecting.
It took time to gather the materials.
scrape together; rake up; gather up
mishmash; jumble; odds and ends
gathering of people; crowd; throng
stamp collecting
Standard kanji spelling for the noun/suffix meaning 'collecting' or 'gathering'.
Derived from the verb 集める (atsumeru, 'to collect'), using its continuative form (連用形) as a noun. The kanji 集 means 'gather' or 'collect'.