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本が積み重なる (hon ga tsumikasanaru - books piling up)

Grammar & Usage

fixed expression (verb phrase)

neutral

How it works

This is an intransitive verb phrase describing a state or process where objects accumulate. 「本 (hon)」 is the subject, marked by the nominative particle 「が (ga)」. 「積み重なる (tsumikasanaru)」 is a compound verb meaning 'to pile up' or 'to accumulate', formed from 「積む (tsumu - to pile/stack, transitive)」 and 「重なる (kasanaru - to overlap/pile up, intransitive)」。

Sample sentences

机の上に本が積み重なっていて、どこから手をつけていいか分からない。

Books are piled up on my desk, and I don't know where to start.

引越しの準備で段ボールが部屋の隅にどんどん積み重なっていった。

As I prepared to move, cardboard boxes kept piling up in the corner of the room.

最近、読みたい本が積み重なる一方で、読む時間がなかなか取れない。

Recently, the books I want to read are piling up, but I can't seem to find the time to read them.

Quick facts

nuance:Implies a natural accumulation, often without direct human action, or the result of a continuous process. It can sometimes carry a sense of being overwhelmed by the quantity.

verb_type:intransitive compound verb

Often used with

書類が積み重なる (shorui ga tsumikasanaru - documents piling up)

仕事が積み重なる (shigoto ga tsumikasanaru - work piling up)

皿が積み重なる (sara ga tsumikasanaru - dishes piling up)

山のように積み重なる (yama no you ni tsumikasanaru - piling up like a mountain)

課題が積み重なる (kadai ga tsumikasanaru - tasks piling up)

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Example

机の上に本が積み重なっていて、どこから手をつけていいか分からない。

Books are piled up on my desk, and I don't know where to start.

引越しの準備で段ボールが部屋の隅にどんどん積み重なっていった。

As I prepared to move, cardboard boxes kept piling up in the corner of the room.