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集金 (shuukin) Japanese meaning: money collection | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 集金する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 集しゅう 金きん する 集しゅう 金きん しない Polite 集しゅう 金きん します 集しゅう 金きん しません Past polite 集しゅう 金きん しました 集しゅう 金きん しませんでした Past 集しゅう 金きん した 集しゅう 金きん しなかった Te-form 集しゅう 金きん して 集しゅう 金きん しないで Desire 集しゅう 金きん したい 集しゅう 金きん したくない Potential 集しゅう 金きん できる 集しゅう 金きん できない Passive 集しゅう 金きん される 集しゅう 金きん されない Causative 集しゅう 金きん させる 集しゅう 金きん させない Causative passive 集しゅう 金きん させられる 集しゅう 金きん させられない Volitional 集しゅう 金きん しよう Polite volitional 集しゅう 金きん しましょう Imperative 集しゅう 金きん しろ 集しゅう 金きん するな Conditional 集しゅう 金きん すれば 集しゅう 金きん しなければ Tara conditional 集しゅう 金きん したら 集しゅう 金きん しなかったら
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The landlord comes to collect the rent every month.
I work collecting newspaper subscription fees.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 へ 集しゅう 金きん に 行い く to go to a place to collect payment
Every month, he goes around to each household to collect payments.
〈 人ひと 〉 から 集しゅう 金きん する to collect payment from someone
We collect the newspaper fee from the readers.
〈 物もの 〉 の 集しゅう 金きん をする to carry out the collection of (a bill/fee)
The staff member in charge of collecting the electricity bill came by.
集しゅう 金きん が 滞とどこお る for the collection of payments to fall behind
Due to the recession, payment collection has been falling behind.
Kanji 集 gather, meet, congregate Transitive / intransitive 集金 is used with する both transitively, taking a direct object marked with を (会費を集金する, "to collect the membership fee"), and intransitively, describing the act itself without a direct object (集金に行く, "to go collecting payments").
Related words 徴収 is a formal term for the official collection of taxes, fees, or levies by an authority, while 集金 is the broader, everyday word for going around to collect payments such as bills or dues.
取り立て implies forceful or persistent collection, often of debts, whereas 集金 is a neutral term for routine payment collection.
回収 means to collect back or retrieve something (money, goods, or waste) that was previously given out, while 集金 specifically refers to collecting money owed such as bills or fees.
Don't confuse with 募金 means soliciting voluntary donations for a cause, while 集金 means collecting payments that are already owed, such as bills or membership fees.
集客 means attracting customers, while 集金 means collecting money owed; they share the kanji 集 but refer to unrelated business activities.
Etymology Compound of 集 (collect) and 金 (money). The reading is on'yomi (しゅう + きん).
