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    3. 下積み

    下積み

    下した積づみ​

    putting beneath other goods

    KMT9News #35+1Noun, ParticleWork & CareerKanji Vocab21 strokes

    下づみ

    したづみ

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    putting beneath other goods, being at the bottom of the pile
    2.
    lowly position, bottom (of the ladder), obscurity

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    若わかい頃ころは下した積づみの仕し事ごとが多おおかった。

    When I was young, I had many low-level jobs.

    KMT7Work & CareerDaily Life
    彼かれは長ながい下した積づみを経へて、ようやく成せい功こうを収おさめた。

    After a long period of obscurity, he finally achieved success.

    KMT9Work & Career
    どんな分ぶん野やでも、成せい功こうするためには下した積づみの経けい験けんが不ふ可か欠けつだと言いわれる。

    It is said that in any field, experience at the bottom of the ladder is essential for success.

    KMT9Work & Career
    芸げい能のう界かいでは、多おおくの人ひとが下した積づみの期き間かんを経けい験けんする。

    In the entertainment industry, many people experience a period of obscurity.

    KMT9Work & CareerMusic & Entertainment
    新しん入にゅう社しゃ員いんは、まず下した積づみの業ぎょう務むから始はじめて会かい社しゃの全ぜん体たい像ぞうを学まなぶ。

    New employees first start with foundational tasks to learn the overall picture of the company.

    KMT9Work & CareerEducation

    Characters that make up this word

    下
    した・しも・もと・さ.げる・さ.がる・くだ.る…(10)
    below・down・descend・give・low…(1)
    Kanji
    積
    つ.む・-づ.み・つ.もる・つ.もり…(6)
    volume・product (x*y)・acreage・contents・pile up…(3)
    Kanji
    み
    mi
    Kana
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