重なる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
かさ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese. Compare 嵩む (kasamu, to increase), かさ張る (kasabaru, to grow bulky).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「重なる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
重なる さなる
Imperative (命令形) 重なれ さなれ
Key constructions
Passive 重なられる さなられる
Causative 重ならせる さならせる
Potential 重なれる さなれる
Volitional 重なろう さなろ
Negative 重ならない さならない
Negative perfective 重ならなかった さならなかった
Formal 重なります さなりま
Perfective 重なった さなった
Conjunctive 重なって さなって
Hypothetical conditional 重なれば さなれ

Verb

(かさ)なる (kasanaruintransitive godan (stem (かさ)なり (kasanari), past (かさ)なった (kasanatta))

Japanese verb pair
active 重ねる
mediopassive 重なる
  1. to link together, connect together
  2. to line up especially in an orderly fashion
  3. to pile up, heap up, accumulate
  4. to become more abundant or deeper
  5. to happen at the same time

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:重なる.

Conjugation

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Idioms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Old Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 3
Alternative spelling
累る

Etymology

Possibly the attributive -ari form of verb 重ぬ (kasanu). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Verb

重なる (kasanaru) (kana かさなる)

  1. to link together, connect together
  2. to line up especially in an orderly fashion
  3. to pile up, heap up, accumulate

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Japanese: 重なる (kasanaru)