収集

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See also: 收集

Japanese

Kanji in this term
収 集
しゅう
Grade: 6 		しゅう
Grade: 3
kan’on
Alternative spellings
收集 (kyūjitai)
蒐集
聚集 (rare)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 收集 (MC syuw dzip, “to collect, to gather”), from 收 (MC syuw, “to receive, to collect”) + 集 (MC dzip, “to gather”). First appears in roughly 760 CE with the spelling 聚集 in kanbun texts.

The 収集 spelling appears to be more common in modern usage.

Pronunciation

Noun

収(しゅう)集(しゅう) • (shūshū) ←しうしふ (siusifu)?

  1. collection, collecting
    データ収集(しゅうしゅう)
    dēta shūshū
    data collection

Synonyms

Verb

収(しゅう)集(しゅう)する • (shūshū suru) ←しうしふ (siusifu)?transitive suru (stem 収(しゅう)集(しゅう)し (shūshū shi), past 収(しゅう)集(しゅう)した (shūshū shita))

  1. to collect, to gather

Conjugation

Conjugation of "収集する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 収集し しゅうしゅうし shūshū shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 収集し しゅうしゅうし shūshū shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 収集する しゅうしゅうする shūshū suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 収集する しゅうしゅうする shūshū suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 収集すれ しゅうしゅうすれ shūshū sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 収集せよ¹
収集しろ² 		しゅうしゅうせよ¹
しゅうしゅうしろ² 		shūshū seyo¹
shūshū shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 収集される しゅうしゅうされる shūshū sareru
Causative 収集させる
収集さす 		しゅうしゅうさせる
しゅうしゅうさす 		shūshū saseru
shūshū sasu
Potential 収集できる しゅうしゅうできる shūshū dekiru
Volitional 収集しよう しゅうしゅうしよう shūshū shiyō
Negative 収集しない しゅうしゅうしない shūshū shinai
Negative continuative 収集せず しゅうしゅうせず shūshū sezu
Formal 収集します しゅうしゅうします shūshū shimasu
Perfective 収集した しゅうしゅうした shūshū shita
Conjunctive 収集して しゅうしゅうして shūshū shite
Hypothetical conditional 収集すれば しゅうしゅうすれば shūshū sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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