How to say "collection" in Japanese

• 回収かいしゅうJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers gathering things back in — collecting questionnaires, retrieving equipment, trash collection. The nuance is recovery: items that were sent out, lent out or left lying around are brought back in.
  いよいよ賭け金かけきんを回収かいしゅうするときがきました。↗

  It's time to call in our chips.
• 集しゅうCommon
  noun (suffix)Points to a gathered body of things, a compilation, rather than to collecting as an activity. It does not refer to a hobbyist's collection; for that, コレクション is the word.
  競馬けいばで稼かせぐ！ありえないほど儲もうかる競馬けいばノウハウ集しゅう！↗

  Earn money on the races! Know-how collection on horse racing will have you raking it in!
• コレクションJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbA personally assembled collection of things such as art or stamps, and collecting as an activity. When you mean the treasures someone gathers as a hobby, this is the word you want.
  世界中せかいじゅうの銀ぎんのティースプーンのコレクションがある。↗

  I have a collection of silver tea spoons from all over the world.
• 徴収ちょうしゅうJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe official collection of money: taxes, fees and the like, taken in by the authority or organization entitled to them. The sense is 'levy', not gathering objects or hobby collecting.
• 取り立てとりたてCommon
  nounCollection of money that someone owes and has not paid — rent, taxes, debts — with the nuance of pressing or dunning the payer. It is about demanding payment, not gathering things.

Use 「コレクション」 for a hobby collection, 回収 for gathering things back in, 集 for an assembled compilation, 徴収 for official collection of taxes or fees, and 「取り立て」 for pressing people to pay what they owe.

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• 回収かいしゅうcollection
• 集しゅうcollection
• コレクションcollection (of art, stamps, etc.)
• 徴収ちょうしゅうcollection (of fees, taxes, etc.)
• 取り立てとりたてcollection (of a debt, rent, taxes, etc.)
• 収蔵しゅうぞうgarnering
• 集まりあつまりgathering
• 引き取りひきとりtaking
• 溜まりたまりpile
• 曲集きょくしゅうcollection (of musical pieces)
• 取集しゅうしゅうcollection (of post from a mailbox, etc.)
• 取り集めとりあつめcollection
• 著作集ちょさくしゅうcollection (e.g. literary works)
• 収取しゅうしゅcollection
• 取り纏めとりまとめcollecting
• 撰せんanthology (of poetry, etc.)
• 集取しゅうしゅcollecting
• 貯留ちょりゅうaccumulation (e.g. of water)
• 収集しゅうしゅうcollection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.)
• 募集ぼしゅうraising (funds, donations, etc.)
• 収斂しゅうれんcollection (of taxes)
• 林はやしbunch (of something)