How to say "compilation" in Japanese

• 編へんJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)Refers to the compiling of a written text; it also means editing. Use it when a text itself is being put together from source material.
• 編集へんしゅうJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbPrimarily means editing: selecting and arranging material for presentation. It can express compiling, but as a kind of editorial work; for compiling a dictionary or history, 編纂 is the precise word.
  ビルは編集部へんしゅうぶ員いんです。↗

  Bill is on the editorial staff.
• 集しゅうCommon
  noun (suffix)Denotes a collection: things gathered into one whole, and by extension a compilation of such material. It points to the gathered result rather than the act of editing.
  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!
• 編纂へんさんCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe word for compiling dictionaries, histories, law codes, and similar works. When your 'compilation' is such a reference or documentary work assembled from sources, this is the precise term.
  辞書じしょを編へんさんするには膨大ぼうだいな時間じかんを要ようする。↗

  Compiling a dictionary demands an enormous amount of time.
• コンピレーションCommon
  nounThe loanword, a direct equivalent of 'compilation'. It is particularly at home for compilation albums, releases that gather recordings.

For compiling a text use 編, or 編纂 for dictionaries, histories, and law codes; 編集 is chiefly editing; 集 is a gathered collection; 「コンピレーション」 is the loanword.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 編へんcompilation (of a text)
• 編集へんしゅうediting
• 集しゅうcollection
• 編纂へんさんcompilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code)
• コンピレーションcompilation
• 編著へんちょcompilation
• 編成へんせいcomposition
• コンパイルcompilation
• コンピcompilation
• 集録しゅうろくcompilation (of writings)
• 撰せんanthology (of poetry, etc.)
• 総集編そうしゅうへんhighlights
• 図化ずかplotting (of maps)
• 合集がっしゅうcollection of works (in library cataloging)
• 集大成しゅうたいせい(large) compilation