収める

• 読み: おさめる
• ローマ字: osameru
• 漢字の分解: 収 (osa/shuu) — collect, store, obtain
• 発音: /o.sa.me.ɾɯ/

意味

To store; to put away; to pay; to supply. Placing something in its proper location or delivering what is owed.

A Group 2 (ichidan) verb conjugated by dropping る. Has several distinct meanings depending on context: storing items (引き出しに収める), paying taxes (税金を収める), achieving results (成果を収める), and calming a situation (怒りを収める). Also written as 納める for payment and delivery contexts.

例文

1. 道具を元の場所に収めた。
2. 大会で見事な成果を収めた。
3. 毎年しっかり税金を収めている。

使い方ガイド

場面: organization, achievement, taxes

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 収 combines a hand grasping (又) and a binding element, suggesting gathering and putting away. Originally related to harvesting crops and storing them — collecting what is due.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal