Illustration: Behind a neighborhood greengrocer, a worker lowers an empty produce crate onto a vertical stack of matching crates. Both hands grip its sides, and its bottom is just meeting the upper rim beneath it. Several loose crates remain beside the worker’s feet, making the ongoing task clear.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

積つむ

tsumu

to pile up, to stack

Example sentences

雑誌ざっしはテーブルの脇わきに積つんである。
The magazines are piled up next to the table.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
流ながしの横よこにお皿さらを積つんでおいてくだされば、後あとで私わたしが洗あらいます。
If you stack the dishes up by the sink, I’ll do them later.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
本ほんが無造作むぞうさに積つまれていた。
Books were piled up, artlessly.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 積

積volume; product (x*y)OnセキKunつむ・つもる・つもり

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