重なる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
重
かさ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かさなる [kàsánárú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠sa̠na̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • 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 かさなる [kàsánárú]
Imperative (命令形) 重なれ かさなれ [kàsánáré]
Key constructions
Passive 重なられる かさなられる [kàsánárárérú]
Causative 重ならせる かさならせる [kàsánárásérú]
Potential 重なれる かさなれる [kàsánárérú]
Volitional 重なろう かさなろ​ー [kàsánáróꜜò]
Negative 重ならない かさならない [kàsánáránáí]
Negative perfective 重ならなかった かさならな​かった [kàsánáránáꜜkàttà]
Formal 重なります かさなりま​す [kàsánárímáꜜsù]
Perfective 重なった かさなった [kàsánáttá]
Conjunctive 重なって かさなって [kàsánátté]
Hypothetical conditional 重なれば かさなれ​ば [kàsánáréꜜbà]

Verb

重(かさ)なる • (kasanaru) intransitive godan (stem 重(かさ)なり (kasanari), past 重(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

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

Idioms

  • 鳥(とり)居(い)の数(かず)が重(かさ)なる (torī no kazu ga kasanaru)

References

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

Old Japanese

Kanji in this term
重
Grade: 3
Alternative spelling
累る

Etymology

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

Verb

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

Quotations

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

Derived terms

  • 月重なる (tuki2 kasanaru)

Descendants

  • Japanese: 重なる (kasanaru)
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