重ちょう畳じょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb, taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle

piling up; being placed one upon another

Formal or literary term for things being stacked or layered on top of each other. Can be used as a noun, intransitive verb (重畳する), or in the adverbial form 重畳と.

• 書しょ類るいが机つくえの上うえに重ちょう畳じょうと積つまれている。

  Documents are piled up on the desk.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

superimposition; superposition

Technical use in physics, electronics, and computing for the superimposition or superposition of signals, images, or states.

• 画が像ぞう処しょ理りでは、複ふく数すうの画が像ぞうを重ちょう畳じょうして表ひょう示じすることがある。

  In image processing, multiple images are sometimes displayed superimposed.

na-adjective, interjection, noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

excellent; splendid; wonderful

Only with reading ちょうじょう

Dated, formal expression of praise or satisfaction. Restricted to reading ちょうじょう. Can be used as an interjection (重畳！) or as a na-adjective.

• 重ちょう畳じょう、重ちょう畳じょう。まさに望のぞんでいた結けっ果かだ。

  Excellent, excellent. This is exactly the result I was hoping for.