寄せ集める

よせあつめる

Also written よせ集める

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Transitive to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together

Kanji

• 寄 draw near. Read as よせる.
• 集 gather. Read as あつめる.

Example sentences

• 彼らは母への贈り物を買うだけの金を寄せ集めた。
  They scraped up enough money to buy a gift for their mother.

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