集める
あつめる
hepburn atsumeru
to collect, to gather (transitive)
Part of speech · ichidan-verb
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 切手を集めるのが趣味です。Collecting stamps is my hobby.
- 先生が学生を教室に集めました。The teacher gathered the students in the classroom.
Collocations
切手を集める情報を集める人を集めるお金を集める注目を集める
Mnemonic
集める atsumeru — kanji 集 (gather) + the ichidan ending める. It is transitive: someone collects something (object marked with を). Its intransitive partner is 集まる (atsumaru), where things gather on their own. The ~eru / ~aru contrast runs through many Japanese verb pairs.
Quick check
What is the intransitive partner of 集める?