Illustration: In the small garden behind a Japanese house, a gardener deliberately fills a storage barrel with a hose. One hand holds the hose securely inside the rim while the other checks the rising water against the barrel’s interior.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

溜ためる

tameru

to accumulate, to store

Example sentences

ラクダは背中せなかのこぶに大量たいりょうの脂肪しぼうをためることができる。
A camel can store a large amount of fat in the hump on its back.
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彼女かのじょは目めに涙なみだを溜ためていた。
Her eyes were filled with tears.
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原住民げんじゅうみんは雨水あまみずをためて飲料水いんりょうすいにしている。
The natives collect and store rain-water to drink.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 溜

溜collect; gatherOnリュウKunたまる・たまる・ためる

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