山積(やまづ)み

やまづみ
noun
huge pile; heaping stack
quantity
1. huge pile; heaping stack; mountain of things
A large quantity of items piled high, either literally (physical objects stacked up) or figuratively (an overwhelming number of tasks, problems, or issues).
書類(しょるい)が山積(やまづ)みになっている。
Documents are piled up in a mountain.
倉庫(そうこ)には段(だん)ボールが山積(やまづ)みにされていた。
Cardboard boxes were stacked high in the warehouse.
解決(かいけつ)すべき問題(もんだい)が山積(やまづ)みで、何(なに)から手(て)をつけていいかわからない。
There's a mountain of problems to solve, and I don't know where to start.

Usage

Most commonly appears in the pattern 山積(やまづ)みになっている (to be piled up) or 山積(やまづ)みにする (to pile up). Also used figuratively for abstract things like 課題(かだい) (issues) and 問題(もんだい) (problems).

Related words

The verb form 山積(さんせき)する is a more formal synonym used primarily in written or business contexts to describe accumulated problems: 問題(もんだい)が山積(さんせき)している.

Common collocations

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