How to say "compile" in Japanese

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  • 取りまとめるとりまとめるCommon
    ichidan verb, transitive verbFor compile in the sense of gathering scattered things — information, opinions, documents — and organizing them into one whole; the nuance is pulling dispersed material together, as when compiling results into a single report.
    話し合はなしあいのもとにするために、ミーティングに先立さきだち、皆みな様さまからいただいた提案ていあんをとりまとめてみました。↗
    I have tried to compile the ideas that you proposed prior to the meeting, so that we can use them as the base for the discussion.
  • 編むあむJLPT N2approx.Common
    godan verb, transitive verbFor compile in the sense of putting together a written work such as an anthology or dictionary; it is the editor's act of assembling a collection, and it also means to edit.

Use 「取りまとめる」 for compiling in the sense of gathering scattered material such as data, reports, or opinions into one whole, and 「編む」 for compiling an edited written work such as an anthology or dictionary.

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