Illustration: At the entrance of a small Japanese apartment, a resident finds a grocery delivery worker and a visiting repair technician arriving at precisely the same moment. Both extend something toward him: one offers a grocery crate while the other presents a tool case for entry.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

重かさなる

kasanaru

to overlap, to coincide

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしの誕生日たんじょうびとあなたの誕生日たんじょうびが、偶然ぐうぜん重かさなる。

    My birthday coincides with yours.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 天皇誕生日てんのうたんじょうびが日曜日にちようびと重かさなった。

    The Emperor’s Birthday fell on Sunday.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. お祭まつりの日ひと試験しけんの日ひが重かさなっている。

    The date of the festival coincides with that of the exam.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 重

  • 重heavy; importantOnジュウ・チョウKunえ・おもい・かさねる

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