積(つ)み重(かさ)ね

つみかさね

noun

accumulation; building up; pile

1. accumulation (of effort or experience); building up

Steady accumulation over time, especially of small efforts, experience or achievements that add up to something larger.

Steady, accumulated effort is what matters.

Day-by-day effort builds confidence.

Today's success comes from building up small experiences one after another.

2. pile; stack

Things placed one on top of another.

本(ほん)の積(つ)み重(かさ)ね。

A stack of books.

Papers have piled up on the desk.

In the warehouse, the stacks of cardboard boxes reached the ceiling.

Noun from 積(つ)み重(かさ)ねる (to pile up, to accumulate). Sense 1 is by far the commoner, typically in praise of steady effort.

蓄積(ちくせき): accumulation; more formal, also for things like data, fatigue or wealth
継続(けいぞく): continuation; the keeping-on, not the adding-up

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