sikin wo atumemasita.

資金 means funds, capital, or financial resources for a specific purpose, such as a project, business, or campaign.

Compared with お金:

• お金 = money in a general sense
• 資金 = money set aside or gathered for a purpose

So 資金を集めました sounds more like:

• gathered funds
• raised capital
• collected financing

It is more formal and specific than simply using お金.

を marks the direct object of the verb.

In this sentence:

• 資金 = the thing being gathered
• 集めました = gathered / collected
• を shows that 資金 is what the action is done to

So the structure is:

資金 を 集めました
funds + object marker + gathered

This is very common in Japanese:

• 本を読みました = read a book
• お金を使いました = used money
• 資金を集めました = gathered funds

The dictionary form is 集める.

This verb means:

• to gather
• to collect
• to raise

集めました is the polite past form of 集める.

So:

• 集める = gather / collect
• 集めます = gather / collect, polite non-past
• 集めました = gathered / collected, polite past

集める is an ichidan verb.

To make it polite:

• 集める → 集めます

To make it polite past:

• 集めます → 集めました

So the full progression is:

• dictionary form: 集める
• polite form: 集めます
• polite past: 集めました

This tells you the action happened in the past and is being said politely.

Because in English, when money is gathered for a cause, project, or business, we often say raise funds or raise money.

Japanese uses 集める, which literally means gather or collect, but in context it can naturally correspond to:

• collected funds
• gathered funds
• raised funds

So the Japanese wording is literal, but the most natural English translation may change depending on context.

The subject is omitted.

Japanese often leaves out the subject when it is obvious from context. So 資金を集めました could mean:

• I gathered the funds.
• We gathered the funds.
• They gathered the funds.
• Someone gathered the funds.

You need context to know who did it.

This is extremely normal in Japanese. A full sentence could be:

• 私たちは資金を集めました。 = We gathered the funds.

But if the speaker and situation already make that clear, Japanese usually drops 私たちは.

Yes, somewhat. The basic order is:

object + を + verb

So:

• 資金を集めました is the standard order

In Japanese, the verb usually comes at the end, but elements before it can sometimes move around depending on emphasis or added information.

For example:

• 昨日、資金を集めました。 = Yesterday, we gathered funds.
• 会社のために資金を集めました。 = We gathered funds for the company.

Still, keeping 資金を集めました together is the most straightforward pattern.

No. Standard Japanese normally does not use spaces between words.

It would usually be written as:

資金を集めました。

Spaces are often added in teaching materials to help beginners see the parts more clearly:

• 資金
• を
• 集めました

So the spaced version is for learning, not normal writing.

資金 is read しきん.

Breakdown:

• 資 = し
• 金 = きん

So the sentence is read:

しきん を あつめました。

This is a very common question.

• 集める = transitive verb = to gather/collect something
• 集まる = intransitive verb = to gather / to come together

In your sentence, 資金を集めました, someone actively gathered the funds, so 集める is used.

Compare:

• 資金を集めました。 = gathered funds
• 人が集まりました。 = people gathered

A quick rule:

• if there is a direct object marked by を, 集める is a good fit
• if things gather by themselves, 集まる is used

Yes. 集めました is polite because it uses the -ます form.

Compare:

• 資金を集めました。 = polite past
• 資金を集めた。 = casual past

So this sentence is appropriate in neutral polite conversation, writing, reports, and many everyday situations.