JLPT N3 · Verb

積む (tsumu)

積む (つむ, tsumu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to pile up; to stack”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: つむ
Romaji: tsumu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to pile up; to stack · godan verb, transitive
to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack · godan verb, transitive
to acquire; to accumulate · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

流しの横にお皿を積んでおいてくだされば、後で私が洗います。

If you stack the dishes up by the sink, I'll do them later.

Tatoeba #78266

その船は武器をいっぱいに積んでいた。

The ship was stowed with arms.

Tatoeba #208409

彼は幅広い経験を積んでいる人だ。

He is a man of wide experience.

Tatoeba #100250

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

Conjugation of 積む

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	積む	つむ tsumu
Polite (~masu)	積みます	つみます tsumimasu
Negative	積まない	つまない tsumanai
Polite negative	積みません	つみません tsumimasen
Past	積んだ	つんだ tsunda
Polite past	積みました	つみました tsumimashita
Negative past	積まなかった	つまなかった tsumanakatta
Te-form	積んで	つんで tsunde
Potential	積める	つめる tsumeru
Passive	積まれる	つまれる tsumareru
Causative	積ませる	つませる tsumaseru
Volitional	積もう	つもう tsumou
Imperative	積め	つめ tsume
Conditional (~ba)	積めば	つめば tsumeba

Kanji in 積む

積

volume, product (x*y), acreageセキ・つ.む・-づ.み · 16 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 積む.

積極的せっきょくてきpositive積もるつもるto pile up体積たいせきcapacity面積めんせきarea (measurement)容積ようせきcapacity蓄積ちくせきaccumulation見積もりみつもりestimate

Source: JMdict entry 1382970 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.