蓄積|ちくせきchikuseki[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbaccumulation; accumulate; store
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 蓄積する（ちくせきする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 蓄積します（ちくせきします） |
| Negative (nai) | 蓄積しない（ちくせきしない） |
| polite (masen) | 蓄積しません（ちくせきしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 蓄積せず・蓄積せぬ（ちくせきせず・ちくせきせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 蓄積した（ちくせきした） |
| polite (mashita) | 蓄積しました（ちくせきしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 蓄積しなかった（ちくせきしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 蓄積しませんでした（ちくせきしませんでした） |
| Te form | 蓄積して（ちくせきして） |
| Potential | 蓄積できる（ちくせきできる） |
| Passive | 蓄積される（ちくせきされる） |
| Causative | 蓄積させる（ちくせきさせる） |
| Causative passive | 蓄積させられる（ちくせきさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 蓄積すれば（ちくせきすれば） |
| tara | 蓄積したら（ちくせきしたら） |
| Volitional | 蓄積しよう（ちくせきしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 蓄積しましょう（ちくせきしましょう） |
| Imperative | 蓄積しろ（ちくせきしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym蓄えたくわえNeutralA noun for a store or reserve of things or money. 「蓄積」 stresses gradual build-up of things like knowledge, experience or fatigue.
- Synonym蓄えるたくわえるNeutralThe verb form: to store up or accumulate. 「蓄積」 is a noun focused on gradual accumulation.
- Synonym貯蓄ちょちくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Refers to saving money and to savings themselves, as in 「貯蓄率」; 「蓄積」 is not limited to money.
- Synonym貯蔵ちょぞうNeutralStoring goods in a warehouse or container, as in 「食料貯蔵」; 「蓄積」 stresses gradual accumulation.
- Synonym溜めるためるNeutralA verb meaning to amass, or to leave unpaid. 「蓄積」 is a noun and leans written/formal.
- SynonymストックNeutralLoanword for stock or inventory. 「蓄積」 stresses gradual accumulation.
- Synonym累積るいせきWrittenWritten/formal prose. Cumulative totals, often of data, as in 「累積赤字」; 「蓄積」 stresses knowledge and experience.
- Synonym集積しゅうせきWrittenWritten/formal prose. Concentrating and piling up, as in 「産業集積」; 「蓄積」 stresses gradual accumulation.
- Synonym積もるつもるNeutralSnow piling up, or feelings building up; 「蓄積」 stresses gradual accumulation.
- Synonym堆積たいせきWrittenWritten/formal prose. Physical piling up, also geological sedimentation; 「蓄積」 stresses knowledge and experience.
- Synonym貯めるためるNeutralA verb for saving up money; 「蓄積」 is not limited to money.
- Related備蓄びちくNeutralStockpiling supplies for emergencies. 「蓄積」 stresses gradual accumulation.
- Related収集しゅうしゅうNeutralCollecting or gathering, as in 「ゴミ収集」; 「蓄積」 stresses gradual accumulation.
- Related積み重なるつみかさなるNeutralIntransitive: to pile up layer by layer. 「蓄積」 is a noun.
- RelatedたまるNeutralIntransitive: to build up — money, points, dust, stress all work. 「蓄積」 leans written/formal.
- Related集めるあつめるNeutralThe most general verb for collecting or gathering; 「蓄積」 stresses gradual accumulation.
- Related集まりあつまりNeutralA noun for a gathering or meeting; 「蓄積」 is about accumulation.
- Related取り集めるとりあつめるNeutralGathering scattered things into one place; 「蓄積」 stresses gradual accumulation.
- Antonym放出ほうしゅつNeutralAntonym on the store-vs-release axis: releasing or discharging what has been built up.
- Antonym消費しょうひNeutralAntonym on the store-vs-use axis: consuming or spending.
- Antonym排出はいしゅつNeutralAntonym on the store-vs-discharge axis: emitting or discharging.
For gradual build-up of knowledge, experience, fatigue and the like, use 「蓄積」, as in 「ノウハウの蓄積」. The verb for storing up is 「蓄える」; saving money is 「貯蓄」; cumulative data figures take 「累積」; emergency stockpiles of supplies are 「備蓄」. Antonyms: 「消費」 and 「放出」.
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