かき集あつめる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

scrape together; rake up; gather up

Implies gathering scattered things hastily or with effort, often using hands or a tool. Used for both physical objects and abstract things like money or information.

• 落おち葉ばをかき集あつめて焚たき火びをした。

  We raked up fallen leaves and made a bonfire.

• 彼かれは借しゃっ金きんを返かえすために、あり金がねをかき集あつめた。

  He scraped together all the money he had to pay off his debt.