JLPT N3 · Verb

積もる (tsumoru)

積もる (つもる, tsumoru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to pile up; to accumulate”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
つもる
Romaji
tsumoru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to pile up; to accumulate · godan verb, intransitive
  2. to estimate · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

塵も積もれば山となる。
Many a little makes a mickle.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 積もる

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary積もるつもる tsumoru
Polite (~masu)積もりますつもります tsumorimasu
Negative積もらないつもらない tsumoranai
Polite negative積もりませんつもりません tsumorimasen
Past積もったつもった tsumotta
Polite past積もりましたつもりました tsumorimashita
Negative past積もらなかったつもらなかった tsumoranakatta
Te-form積もってつもって tsumotte
Potential積もれるつもれる tsumoreru
Passive積もられるつもられる tsumorareru
Causative積もらせるつもらせる tsumoraseru
Volitional積もろうつもろう tsumorou
Imperative積もれつもれ tsumore
Conditional (~ba)積もればつもれば tsumoreba

Kanji in 積もる

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 積もる.

Source: JMdict entry 1382990 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.