Collect, gather in Japanese 🇯🇵

あつめる info.

Tips to remember the Japanese word:
– Break it down into parts: "あつ" ("atsu") could remind you of "attract," and "める" ("meru") could sound like "merit." So, think of "attracting merit" in the sense of gathering something valuable.

Explanations:
– あつめる (atsumeru) is a transitive verb in Japanese that means "to collect" or "to gather."

Other words that mean the same thing:
– 収集する (しゅうしゅうする, shuushuu suru): to collect
– 集める (あつめる, atsumeru): to gather

Conjugations:
– Imperfective (未然形): あつめない (atsumenai) – not collect/gather
– Continuative (連用形): あつめ (atsume) – collecting/gathering (continuative form)
– Terminal (終止形)/Dictionary Form: あつめる (atsumeru) – collect/gather
– Attributive (連体形): あつめる (atsumeru) – one that collects/gathers
– Hypothetical (仮定形): あつめれば (atsumereba) – if (I) collect/gather
– Imperative (命令形): あつめろ (atsumero) – collect/gather! (command)

Past:
– Collected/Gathered: あつめた (atsumeta)

Present:
– Collect/Gather: あつめる (atsumeru)

Future:
– Will collect/gather: あつめる (atsumeru)

Examples of sentences that use it:
1. 私は切手をあつめるのが好きです。
– Watashi wa kitte o atsumeru no ga suki desu.
– I like to collect stamps.

2. 彼は古いコインをあつめています。
– Kare wa furui koin o atsumeteimasu.
– He is collecting old coins.

3. 友達と一緒に情報をあつめました。
– Tomodachi to issho ni jouhou o atsumemaa.
– I gathered information together with my friends.

4. その場所で落ち葉をあつめる。
– Sono basho de ochiba o atsumeru.
– Collect leaves in that place.

5. 子供たちは公園でゴミをあつめることになった。
– Kodomotachi wa kouen de gomi o atsumeru koto ni natta.
– The children were supposed to collect trash at the park.

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