集
しゅう · shuu (also spelled shu)
Collection, compilation
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high first, then falls · what is pitch accent?
Example sentences
開演から30分前にはロビーに集合してください。
かいえんからさんじゅっぷんまえにはろびーにしゅうごうしてください。
Please gather in the lobby 30 minutes before the show starts.
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この問題集を三回も解いた。
このもんだいしゅうをさんかいもといた。
I solved this problem book as many as three times.
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資源ゴミは駅の前に集めてあるよ。
しげんごみはえきのまえにあつめてあるよ。
Recyclables are collected in front of the station.
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薪を集めるのが大変で、汗をかいた。
まきをあつめるのがたいへんで、あせをかいた。
Gathering firewood was hard work, and I sweated.
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What does 集 mean?
Collection, compilation.
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しゅう (shuu). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
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