山やま積づみ

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山積みする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

huge mound; heap; pile

Describes a large accumulation of things, often implying a problem or backlog. Used as a noun or with する to mean 'to pile up' or 'to be piled up'.

〈物もの〉が山やま積づみになるfor things to pile up into a heap
部屋へやに洗せん濯たく物ものが山やま積づみになっている。
The laundry has piled up into a heap in the room.
〈物もの〉を山やま積づみにするto pile things up into a heap
机つくえの上うえに資し料りょうを山やま積づみにした。
I piled up the documents on the desk.
〈事こと〉が山やま積づみだthere is a huge backlog of (problems/tasks)
新あたらしいプロジェクトには課か題だいが山やま積づみだ。
There is a mountain of issues to deal with in the new project.

山さん積せきN1
山積み and 山積 both mean 'to pile up', but 山積 is more formal and literary, common in written phrases like 問題が山積する, while 山積み is more conversational.
積つみ重かさね
積み重ね emphasizes the gradual, layer-by-layer process of accumulation, whereas 山積み just describes the resulting large heap.
堆たい積せきN1
堆積 is a more technical/scientific term for accumulation (e.g. of sediment or data), while 山積み is the everyday word for a pile, especially of tasks or problems.
目め白じろ押おし
山積み describes tasks or problems piling up, close to the figurative sense of 目白押し, but 目白押し can also describe literal crowding of people while 山積み cannot.

山やま盛もり
山盛り describes a bowl or plate heaped full of food, while 山積み refers to a large pile of objects or an accumulation of tasks/problems, not specifically food.
山さん積せきN1
山積 is the abstract, often figurative accumulation of problems or tasks, while 山積み usually describes a concrete physical pile of objects, despite sharing nearly the same kanji.

Compound of 山 (mountain) and 積み (piling up), from the verb 積む (to pile). The reading やまづみ reflects rendaku voicing of つみ.