重なる

かさなる

to be piled up

N2 #9,339

Meanings

godan verb, intransitive to be piled up; to lie on top of one another
to come one after another; to happen over and over; to pile up (e.g. stress); to accumulate
to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time; to happen simultaneously

おもなる also 主なる

expression, pre-noun adjectival, formal main; principal; chief; leading; important

Its kanji

重ジュウ、チョウ · え、おも.い、おも.り、おも.なう、かさ.ねる、かさ.なる、おも heavy, important, esteem, respect, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold

In sentences

物事ものごとは重かさなって起おこる。 It never rains but it pours. #83760

今度こんどの祭日さいじつは日曜日にちようびと重かさなります。 The next holiday falls on a Sunday. #172166

不幸ふこうは重かさなるものだ。 Misfortunes always come in threes. #85096

天皇誕生日てんのうたんじょうびが日曜日にちようびと重かさなった。 The Emperor's Birthday fell on Sunday. #125039

彼女かのじょは昨年さくねん不幸ふこうなことが重かさなった。 She had one misfortune after another last year. #89872