Japanese

げる

つみあげる
Meaning: to pile up; to accumulate; to stack
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 積み上げる 積み上げない
Polite 積み上げます 積み上げません
Past 積み上げた 積み上げなかった
Polite + Past 積み上げました 積み上げませんでした
Te-form 積み上げて 積み上げなくて
Potential 積み上げられる 積み上げられない
Passive 積み上げられる 積み上げられない
Causative 積み上げさせる 積み上げさせない
Imperative 積み上げろ 積み上げるな

Handwriting

積
み
上
げ
る

Example sentences

He built his current position by accumulating years of effort.
庭の落ち葉を掃いて、山のように積み上げた。
I swept the fallen leaves in the garden and piled them up like a mountain.

Usage Notes

Used for physically piling objects or figuratively accumulating experience or results.

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