Illustration: Beside a wooded path in a Japanese suburban park, a child kneels to pick up a fallen acorn and place it into a divided specimen box. Other compartments already contain several kinds of fallen leaves, seed pods, and pinecones gathered along the walk.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

採さい集しゅう

saishuu

collecting, gathering

Example sentences

  1. 趣味しゅみは昆虫こんちゅう採集さいしゅうなんだ。

    My hobby is collecting insects.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしの趣味しゅみは昆虫こんちゅう採集さいしゅうです。

    My pastime is collecting insects.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 昆虫こんちゅう採集さいしゅうにハマってます。

    I’m into collecting insects.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 採集

  • 採pick; takeOnサイKunとる
  • 集gather; meetOnシュウKunあつまる・あつめる・つどう

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