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嵩む

かさむ

to pile up; to increase; to mount up (of costs or bulk)

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Examples

  1. 今月は出費が嵩んだ。

    こんげつはしゅっぴがかさんだ。

    Expenses mounted up this month.

  2. 彼は借財が嵩んでいた。

    かれはしゃくざいがかさんでいた。

    His debts were piling up.

  3. 荷物が嵩むので宅配便で送ることにした。

    にもつがかさむのでたくはいびんでおくることにした。

    The luggage was getting bulky, so I decided to send it by courier.

Common patterns

費用が嵩む
for costs to mount up
出費が嵩む
for spending to pile up
荷物が嵩む
for baggage to become bulky

Memory tip

嵩 is bulk or volume, so 嵩む is about something swelling in amount — money and luggage above all — not about things stacked neatly (that is 積み重なる). Usually written かさむ.

Kanji in this word

  • 嵩Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists

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