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積み立て (つみたて) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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将しょう
来らい
の
教きょう
育いく
資し
金きん
を
準じゅん
備び
し
て
いる
。
I'm preparing for future education expenses through monthly savings.
Usage patterns 積つみ 立たて をする to do installment saving
I set aside a fixed amount every month in savings.
積つみ 立たて を 始はじ める to start a savings plan
I started my installment savings plan when I was a new employee.
積つみ 立たて を 増ふ やす to increase one's savings contributions
Since I got a bonus, I increased my savings contributions.
積つみ 立たて を 下お ろす to withdraw accumulated savings
I withdrew my savings and bought a car.
Kanji 積 volume, product (x*y), acreage Related words 貯金 refers to saving money generally (often in a bank account), while 積立 emphasizes the regular, planned process of setting aside funds in installments.
貯蓄 is a broader term covering all forms of saving or asset accumulation, whereas 積立 specifically denotes contributing fixed amounts on a regular schedule.
蓄積 can describe the accumulation of anything (knowledge, data, wealth), while 積立 is limited to the regular setting-aside of money or resources.
Word family reserve fund; savings; deposit
installment savings; regular savings plan
reserve fund; accumulated fund
Written forms 積つ み 立た て Usage 10%
Standard full form; preferred for clarity in general writing.
積つみ 立たて Usage 86%
Common abbreviation in financial contexts (e.g., 積立金, 積立投資).
積つみ 立た て Usage 4%
Less common variant without okurigana み.
つみたて Usage 1%
Etymology Compound of 積み (noun form of 積む, 'to pile up') + 立て (noun form of 立てる, 'to set up, establish'). Literally 'piling up and setting aside', referring to the systematic accumulation of funds.
個こ 人じん 退たい 職しょく 金きん 積つみ 立たて 計けい 画かく
individual retirement savings plan
