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    3. 溜める

    溜める

    溜ため​る​

    to amass

    N2KMT9CoreVerb, TransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab16 strokes

    ためる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to amass, to accumulate, to store
    2.
    to leave unpaid

    Stroke 0 / 16

    Speed1.0x

    水みずをバケツに溜ためる。

    To collect water in a bucket.

    KMT3Daily Life
    お風ふ呂ろにお湯ゆを溜ためるのに時じ間かんがかかる。

    It takes time to fill the bathtub with hot water.

    KMT6Daily LifeHome & Housing
    彼かれは借しゃっ金きんを溜ためてしまい、返へん済さいに苦くるしんでいる。

    He accumulated debt and is struggling with repayment.

    KMT8Business & FinanceDaily Life
    彼かれはいつも仕とを事たを溜めてしめて、締きめ切ちょり直くぜ前んに慌あわてる。

    He always lets work pile up and then panics right before the deadline.

    KMT9Work & CareerDaily Life
    エネルギーを溜ためて、一いっ気きに放ほう出しゅつする。

    To store up energy and release it all at once.

    KMT9Science & MathDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    溜
    た.まる・たま.る・た.める・したた.る・たまり・ため…(1)
    collect・gather・be in arrears
    Kanji
    め
    me
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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