Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
かさ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • 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 [kàsánárú]
Imperative (命令形) 重なれ さなれ [kàsánáré]
Key constructions
Passive 重なられる さなられる [kàsánárárérú]
Causative 重ならせる さならせる [kàsánárásérú]
Potential 重なれる さなれる [kàsánárérú]
Volitional 重なろう さなろ [kàsánáróꜜò]
Negative 重ならない さならない [kàsánáránáí]
Negative perfective 重ならなかった さならなかった [kàsánáránáꜜkàttà]
Formal 重なります さなりま [kàsánárímáꜜsù]
Perfective 重なった さなった [kàsánáttá]
Conjunctive 重なって さなって [kàsánátté]
Hypothetical conditional 重なれば さなれ [kàsánáréꜜbà]

Verb edit

(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 edit

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

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Idioms edit

References edit

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

Old Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
Grade: 3
Alternative spelling
累る

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

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 edit

Quotations edit

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

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Japanese: 重なる (kasanaru)