Citations:重なる

Japanese citations of 重なる

Verb: “to link together, connect together”

• c. 1001–1014, Murasaki Shikibu, Genji Monogatari (Hotaru)

  艶(つや)も色(いろ)もこぼるばかりなる御(おほむ)衣(ぞ)に、直衣(なほし)はかなく重(かさ)なれるあはひも、いづこに加(くは)はれるきよらにかあらむ、この世(よ)の人(ひと)の染(そ)め出(い)だしたると見(み)えず...

  Tsuya mo iro mo koboru bakari naru ōmuzo ni, naoshi hakanaku kasanareru awai mo, izuko ni kuwawareru kiyora ni ka aramu, konoyo no hito no someidashitaru to miezu...

  On the clothes with overflowing gloss and colors, and also shades of his naoshi [plain clothes of the noblemen] that overlap casually; where does those beautifulness belong to? They don't look like they've been dyed by people of this world.

• c. 1005–07, Shūi Wakashū (book 8, poem 477 by Hitomaro)

  白波(しらなみ)はたてど衣(ころも)にかさならず明石(あかし)も須磨(すま)もおのがうらうら

  shiranami wa tatedo koromo ni kasanarazu Akashi mo Suma mo ono ga uraura

  The whitecaps, if they stood, are like sewn robes that have not connected with each other―both Akashi and Suma themselves clear by the sun.

Verb: “to line up in an orderly fashion”

• early 13th century, Heike Monogatari (chapter 5)

  福(ふく)原(はら)は山(やま)へだたり江(え)かさなって、程(ほど)もさすがとほければ...

  Fukuhara wa yama hedatari e kasanatte, hodo mo sasuga tōkereba...

  Since Fukuhara is where separated by the mountains and lined up by the inlets, and so distant away...

Verb: “to pile up, heap up, accumulate”

• c. late 9th–mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari

  ...節(ふし)を隔(へだ)ててよごとに金(こがね)ある竹(たけ)を見(み)つくる事(こと)かさなりぬ。

  ...fushi o hedatete yogoto ni kogane aru take o mitsukuru koto kasanarinu.

  ...dividing the [bamboo] joints, and the occurrences piled up of every night finding bamboo containing gold.

• early 13th century, Heike Monogatari (chapter 2)

  「御(おん)乳(ち)に参(まゐ)り始(はじ)め候(さぶ)らひて、君(きみ)を血(ち)の中(なか)より抱(いだ)き上(あ)げ参(まゐ)らせ、月(つき)日(ひ)のかさなるにしたがひて...」

  “Onchi ni mairi hajime saburaite, kimi o chi no naka yori idakiage mairase, tsukihi no kasanaru ni shitagaite...”

  “I first served you by my milk, then from your bloodline I held you up in honor, followed beside you as the years go by...”

Verb: “to overlap, happen at the same time”

• 2006, “God knows...”, in Aki Hata (lyrics), Satoru Kousaki (music), Suzumiya Haruhi no Tsumeawase [The Assortment of Haruhi Suzumiya], performed by Haruhi Suzumiya (CV: Aya Hirano):

  弱(よわ)さ故(ゆえ)に魂(たましい)こわされぬように
  my(マイ) way(ウェイ)重(かさ)なるよ　いまふたりに God(ゴード) bless(ブレース)...

  yowasa yue ni tamashii kowasarenu yō ni
  mai wei kasanaru yo ima futari ni Gōdo burēsu

  Weakness will not shatter [my] spirit.
  My way overlaps [with yours], now God bless us both.

---

Old Japanese citations of 重なる

Verb: “to link together, connect together”

• 720, Nihon Shoki, (Empress Suiko, thirty-fifth year of reign [627 CE], fifth month in summer):

  有_レ蠅聚集。其凝累十丈之、浮_レ虛以越_二信濃坂_一。鳴音如_レ雷、則東至_二上野國_一而自散。

  There was a swarm of flies. They are connected together approximately ten jō (30.3 meters or 33 yards) long, and flew over Shinano Hill. Their buzzing was as of thunder; and when they reached eastwards towards Kōzuke (Kamitsukeno) Province, they scattered.

Verb: “to line up in an orderly fashion”

• 720, Nihon Shoki, (Ascension of Emperor Kōtoku [645 CE]):

  百官臣：連、國造、伴造、百八十部羅列匝拝。

  The many (hundred) hereditaries―muraji, kuni no miyatsuko (local lords), tomo no miyatsuko (companion-servants), and the other one hundred eighty enumerated―lined up and bowed.

Verb: “to pile up, heap up, accumulate”

• c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 9, by Tanabe no Sakimaro poem 1792 by Tanabe no Sakimaro:

  , text here

  ...不遇日之數多過者戀日之累行者...

  ...apanu pi₁ no₂ maneku sugureba ko₁puru pi₁ no₂ kasanari-yuke₂ba...

  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 9, by Tanabe no Sakimaro poem 1794 by Tanabe no Sakimaro:

  , text here

  立易月重而難不遇核不所忘面影思天

  tatikapari tuki₂ kasanarite apanedo₂ mo sane wasurayezu omokage₂ ni site

  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 13, poet unknown poem 3250; poet unknown:

  , text here

  ...徃影乃月文經徃者玉限日文累...

  ...yuku kage₂ no₂ tuki₂ mo pe₂yuke₂ba tama kagi₁ru pi₁ mo kasanari...

  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 18, by Ōtomo no Yakamochi poem 4122 by Ōtomo no Yakamochi:

  , text here

  ...安米布良受日能可左奈禮婆宇惠之田毛麻吉之波多氣毛...

  ...ame₂ purazu pi₁ no₂ kasanareba uwesi ta mo maki₁si patake₂ mo...

  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 19, by Ōtomo no Yakamochi poem 4214 by Ōtomo no Yakamochi:

  , text here

  ...正不遇日之累者思戀氣衝居爾...

  ...tada ni apazu pi₁ no₂ kasanareba omopi₁ko₁pi₂ iki₁duki₁ woru ni...

  (please add an English translation of this usage example)