溜める (ためる, tameru) Japanese meaning: accumulate | KotomoraCommon word›JLPTN2›Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000溜める · ichidan verb
| Form | Positive | Negative |
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| Dictionary | 溜める | 溜めない |
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| Polite | 溜めます | 溜めません |
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| Past polite | 溜めました | 溜めませんでした |
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| Past | 溜めた | 溜めなかった |
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| Te-form | 溜めて | 溜めないで |
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| Desire | 溜めたい | 溜めたくない |
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| Potential | 溜められるalso 溜めれる | 溜められないalso 溜めれない |
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| Passive | 溜められる | 溜められない |
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| Causative | 溜めさせる | 溜めさせない |
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| Causative passive | 溜めさせられる | 溜めさせられない |
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| Volitional | 溜めよう | |
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| Polite volitional | 溜めましょう | |
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| Imperative | 溜めろ | 溜めるな |
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| Conditional | 溜めれば | 溜めなければ |
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| Tara conditional | 溜めたら | 溜めなかったら |
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He saves up a little money every month.
Accumulating too much stress is bad for your health.
Usage patterns
お金を溜めるto save up money
I'm saving up money for the future.
ストレスを溜めるto build up stress
I try to be careful not to build up stress from work.
水を溜めるto store up water
I fill the bathtub with water.
仕事を溜めるto let work pile up
I ended up letting my work pile up because of a long break.
借金を溜めるto run up debts
I'm in trouble because I've run up debts.
Expressions
家賃を溜めるfall behind on rent; let rent go into arrears
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night soil tank; excrement reservoir
garbage dump; rubbish dump; dumpsite
recording and stockpiling; accumulating recordings
accumulate drawings; build up a stock of unpublished artwork
accumulate writings; build up a stock of manuscripts
