Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
した
Grade: 1
つ > づ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 下積み – see the following entry.
したづみ
[noun] at the bottom of a stack
[noun] (figurative) at the bottom of a hierarchy, unable to shine
(This term, 下積み, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)