Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
Usually written in kana
1. to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
Kanji used
accumulate
Pitch accent
まる
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Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
for tears to gather in one's eyes; for tears to well up in one's eyes
filling (meal); heavy; solid; substantial
when the right conditions are fulfilled, things will turn out well on their own; (lit.) a sunken place will collect water; someone in bad circumstances will continue to accumulate difficulties