Word Meaning 山積

さんせき sanseki

山積 is read as さんせき (sanseki) and means piling up.

Meaning

English

  1. piling up
  2. accumulating
  3. forming a (huge) pile
  4. lying in piles

Reading

Kana

さんせき

Romaji

sanseki

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 6567 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

山積み

やまづみ

huge mound

難問山積

なんもんさんせき

mountain (pile) of difficult problems

山登り

やまのぼり

mountain climbing

山路

やまじ

mountain path

山形

やまがた

Yamagata (city, prefecture)

山陽

さんよう

south side of a mountain

山猫

やまねこ

wildcat (European wildcat, Iriomote cat, Tsushima cat, etc.)

山頂

さんちょう

summit (of a mountain)

山際

やまぎわ

mountain ridge

山腹

さんぷく

hillside

山吹

やまぶき

gold coin (formerly used in Japan)

Example Sentences

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I still have a lot of work to do.

There is a stack of letters on the table.

We have lots of things to do.

I only missed one day of work because of a cold and my desk is piled high with papers.