Japanese

まる

たまる
Meaning: to accumulate; to pile up; to collect
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 溜まる 溜まらない
Polite 溜まります 溜まりません
Past 溜まった 溜まらなかった
Polite + Past 溜まりました 溜まりませんでした
Te-form 溜まって 溜まらなくて
Potential 溜まれる 溜まれない
Passive 溜まられる 溜まられない
Causative 溜まらせる 溜まらせない
Causative + Passive 溜まらされる 溜まらされない
Imperative 溜まれ 溜まるな

Handwriting

溜
ま
る

Example sentences

I've been busy lately, and work is piling up.
溜まった事務仕事を効率よく処理する。
Efficiently process the accumulated office work.
溜まった資料を整理して、机の上をきれいにした。
I organized the accumulated materials and tidied up the desk.
彼は溜まっていた不満をすべて吐き出した。
He vented all the frustration he had been holding in.
週末は溜まった洗濯物をまとめて洗濯した。
I did all the accumulated laundry together on the weekend.
古い教会の地下室には、どす黒い水が溜まっていた。
Dark, muddy water had collected in the basement of the old church.
部屋に塵芥がたまっていた。
Dust and rubbish had accumulated in the room.

Usage Notes

Used for water, dust, stress, work, or money accumulating.

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