重なる (かさなる): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

重なる (かさなる) means to overlap / to pile up.

See example sentences below.

重なる at a glance

重なる

かさなるkasanaru

N3verb

to overlap / to pile up

重なるかさなるkasanaruN3Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

to overlap / to pile up

Example 1

本が机の上で重なっている。

Translation

The books are piled up on the desk.

Example 2

予定が重なってしまった。

Translation

My appointments ended up overlapping.