たまる・溜まる・溜るtamaru[0]heiban (flat)

1. godan verb, intransitive verbto collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
   彼女かのじょの目めに涙なみだがたまった。↗

   Tears gathered in her eyes.

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• Synonym積もるつもるNeutralFor snow or dust falling from above and piling up; also for things built up over time, as in 「積もる話」. 「溜まる」 stresses things gathering in one place.
• Synonym積み重なるつみかさなるNeutralLayering up one on top of another; figuratively for experience or fatigue building up. 「溜まる」 stresses gathering in one place.
• Related集積しゅうせきWrittenWritten style: things concentrating and piling up, as in 「産業の集積地」. 「溜まる」 is a natural, everyday gathering.
• Related蓄積ちくせきNeutralAccumulation, deliberate or not, as in 「ノウハウの蓄積」「疲労の蓄積」; leans toward written style.
• Related山積さんせきWrittenWritten style, mostly as 「問題が山積する」: problems or work piling up like a mountain.
• Related山積みやまづみNeutralThings heaped up like a mountain, stressing height; common in speech, as in 「書類が山積み」.
• Related堆積たいせきWrittenWritten style for layer-by-layer buildup, like sediment or piled-up garbage; everyday speech prefers 「積もる」 or 「溜まる」.
• Related積もり積もるつもりつもるNeutralPiling up more and more over time; often for debts or longing. 「溜まる」 is the broader word.
• Antonym流れるながれるNeutralThe opposite on whether things stay put: water and the like flow away instead of collecting.
• Antonym排出するWrittenWritten style for discharging waste or gases — the opposite of the storing-up that 「溜まる」 describes.

Use 「溜まる」 for water, dust, pressure, money or unfinished work collecting in one place. Use 「積もる」 for snow or dust piling up, 「蓄積」 for long-term buildup, 「山積」 for problems piled high; the opposites are 「流れる」 and 「排出する」.

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1. 入はいる量りょうを広ひろげまた出でる量りょうを制せいすることにより手持てもちの量りょうが増ふえる。
2. 力ちからなどが限度げんどまで高たかまる。
3. 放置ほうちしておいて量りょうが増ふえてしまう。