積む
つむ · tsumu
To pile up, to stack
- to load (car, ship, etc.), to pack
- to acquire, to accumulate
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 積みますつみます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 積みませんつみません |
| Polite past (ました) | 積みましたつみました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 積みませんでしたつみませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 積みましょうつみましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 積みつみ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 積みたいつみたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 積みながらつみながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 積んでつんで |
| Plain past (た形) | 積んだつんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 積んだらつんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 積んでいるつんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 積まないつまない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 積まなかったつまなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 積まなくてつまなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 積めるつめる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 積めばつめば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 積めつめ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 積もうつもう |
| Passive (受身形) | 積まれるつまれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 積ませるつませる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 積まされるつまされる |
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What does 積む mean?
To pile up, to stack. It can also mean: to load (car, ship, etc.), to pack; to acquire, to accumulate.
How do you pronounce 積む?
つむ (tsumu). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 積む?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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