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幾重 (いくえ, ikue) Japanese meaning: multiple layers | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 じ 字
Kanji 幾 how many, how much, how far 重 heavy, important, esteem Related words 九重 specifically evokes nine layers (often poetically for 'many'), while 幾重 simply means 'many layers' without the numeric image.
幾重 means many overlapping layers without specifying a number, whereas 八重 is conventionally tied to the number eight even when used loosely.
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He sleeps on futons piled up in multiple layers.
I apologize over and over again.
Etymology Compound of 幾 (iku, 'how many') and 重 (e, 'layer'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally yields the meaning 'many layers'.
