I Love Kanji重なる (kasanaru)
重なる (かさなる, kasanaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be piled up; to lie on top of one another”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- かさなる
- Romaji
- kasanaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be piled up; to lie on top of one another · godan verb, intransitive
- to come one after another; to happen over and over; to pile up (e.g. stress); to accumulate · godan verb, intransitive
- to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time; to happen simultaneously · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 重なる
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 重なる | かさなる kasanaru |
| Polite (~masu) | 重なります | かさなります kasanarimasu |
| Negative | 重ならない | かさならない kasanaranai |
| Polite negative | 重なりません | かさなりません kasanarimasen |
| Past | 重なった | かさなった kasanatta |
| Polite past | 重なりました | かさなりました kasanarimashita |
| Negative past | 重ならなかった | かさならなかった kasanaranakatta |
| Te-form | 重なって | かさなって kasanatte |
| Potential | 重なれる | かさなれる kasanareru |
| Passive | 重なられる | かさなられる kasanarareru |
| Causative | 重ならせる | かさならせる kasanaraseru |
| Volitional | 重なろう | かさなろう kasanarou |
| Imperative | 重なれ | かさなれ kasanare |
| Conditional (~ba) | 重なれば | かさなれば kasanareba |
Kanji in 重なる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 重なる.
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Source: JMdict entry 1335800 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.