積み上げる

つみあげる

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Transitive to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks)
2. to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

Kanji

• 積 pile up. Read as つむ.
• 上 up. Read as あげる.

Example sentences

• 一族が苦労して積み上げてきたものを、お前は一瞬で反故にするつもりか。
  Do you intend to throw away in one instant what our family has painstakingly built up?
• 折角ここまで頑張って積み上げたのに、もう崩すの？もったいない！
  After all that effort to build it up, you're already going to knock it down? What a waste!

Common phrases

• 石を積み上げる
• 実績を積み上げる
• 勝ち点を積み上げる
• キャリアを積み上げる
• ブロックを積み上げる
• 煉瓦を積み上げる
• 土を積み上げる

Words containing 積み上げる

• 積み上げ方式 (つみあげほうしき) gradualist approach

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