十と重え

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

tenfold; ten layers

Used to describe something that is ten times as much or has ten layers. Often appears in set phrases like 十重二十重 (とえはたえ, 'many layers').

• 十と重えの塔とうを建たてる計けい画かくがある。

  There is a plan to build a ten-story pagoda.

• 十と重え二は十た重えに取とり囲かこまれて、身み動うごきが取とれなかった。

  Surrounded by layer upon layer of people, I couldn't move.