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重ね掛ける (かさねかける) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

重かさね掛かける

Meanings

1

ichidan verb

to lap; to overlap

Used for placing things one on top of another so that they partially cover each other, such as tiles, cards, or fabric.

瓦かわらを重かさね掛かけて屋や根ねを葺ふく。
They roof the house by lapping tiles over each other.
カードを少すこしずつ重かさね掛か

け

て

並なら

べる

。

Arrange the cards overlapping each other little by little.

Written forms

重かさね掛かける
Standard kanji spelling.
重かさねかける
Mixed kanji-kana spelling, also common.

Kanji

重heavy, important, esteem
掛hang, suspend, depend

Similar words

重かさねる
重ねる simply means to pile or stack things, while 重ね掛ける emphasizes overlapping with partial coverage.
重かさなる
重なる is intransitive (things overlap by themselves), while 重ね掛ける is transitive (someone overlaps things).

Etymology

Compound of 重ね (kasaneru, 'to pile up') + 掛ける (kakeru, 'to hang' or 'to cover'), literally 'to pile and cover'.