下積み

したづみ

Meanings

1. Noun, の-adjective putting beneath other goods; being at the bottom of the pile
2. lowly position; bottom (of the ladder); obscurity

Kanji

• 下 down. Read as した.
• 積 pile up. Read as づみ.

Example sentences

• 彼の一生は社会の下積みで終わった。
  He lived and died in obscurity.

Common phrases

• 長い下積み
• 下積みを経る

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