I Love Kanji重ねる (kasaneru)
重ねる (かさねる, kasaneru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to pile up; to heap up”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- かさねる
- Romaji
- kasaneru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to put on top of another · ichidan verb, transitive
- to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 重ねる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 重ねる | かさねる kasaneru |
| Polite (~masu) | 重ねます | かさねます kasanemasu |
| Negative | 重ねない | かさねない kasanenai |
| Polite negative | 重ねません | かさねません kasanemasen |
| Past | 重ねた | かさねた kasaneta |
| Polite past | 重ねました | かさねました kasanemashita |
| Negative past | 重ねなかった | かさねなかった kasanenakatta |
| Te-form | 重ねて | かさねて kasanete |
| Potential | 重ねられる | かさねられる kasanerareru |
| Passive | 重ねられる | かさねられる kasanerareru |
| Causative | 重ねさせる | かさねさせる kasanesaseru |
| Volitional | 重ねよう | かさねよう kasaneyou |
| Imperative | 重ねろ | かさねろ kasanero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 重ねれば | かさねれば kasanereba |
Kanji in 重ねる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 重ねる.
重いおもいheavy重視じゅうしregarding as important重体じゅうたいserious condition重大じゅうだいserious重要じゅうようimportant慎重しんちょうcareful貴重きちょうprecious尊重そんちょうrespect体重たいじゅう(body) weight重なるかさなるto be piled up厳重げんじゅうstrict重点じゅうてんimportant point重役じゅうやく(company) director重量じゅうりょうweight
Source: JMdict entry 1335830 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.