貯
貯

savings, store, lay in, keep, wear mustache

12 strokesFrequency 1,100JLPT N2Grade 5

On

チョ

Kun

た.めるたくわ.える

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

savings

Constituents

ハanimal legs
宀house
丁nail
丁spike
丁street
八eight
目eye
貝clam
貝oyster
貝shellfish

Mnemonic Stories

To protect my savings, I keep all my shells inside my house and nail them under the floorboards.

The mermaid's savings account is a series of beautiful shells nailed to the coral walls of her underwater house.

Dictionary

Common Words

蓄える貯えるたくわえるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #7759
1

to store; to save up; to stock up on; to lay in stock; to set aside

Examples
干し草を納屋に蓄えた。
We stored the hay in the barn.
2

to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to develop (e.g. one's skills)

3

to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear

貯めるためるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #10045
1

to save up (money)

Examples
お金を使うも貯めるも自由にしなさい。
You may spend or save at will.
貯金ちょきんNoun~する VerbFreq #11158
1

putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank)

Examples
彼女はお金をたくさん貯金している。
She put aside a lot of money.
2

Baseball

accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank

溜め込む貯め込むため込むためこむTransitiveGodan verbFreq #13030
1

to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away

Examples
彼はずいぶんため込んだようだ。
He seems to have saved a lot of money.
貯まるたまるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #19822
1

to be saved up (of money)

Examples
うわっ?これ、勉強に運動神経、全てのパラメータがMAXじゃないか!おまけにお金もカンストするまで貯まってる・・・すげえ。
Wha? Study, reflexes, all the parameters are MAX! You've even saved money up to the limit ... Amazing.
貯蔵ちょぞうNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #26371
1

storage; preservation

蓄え貯えたくわえNounFreq #27236
1

store; reserve; stock; savings

Examples
食料の蓄えはその時まで持たないだろう。
The food supplies will not hold out till then.
貯蓄ちょちく儲蓄NounIntransitiveTransitive~する VerbFreq #28136
1

savings

Examples
まさかのときに備えて貯蓄せよ。
Keep something for a rainy day.
貯蔵庫ちょぞうこNounFreq #34136
1

storehouse; bunker; silo

Examples
貯蔵庫のドアのそばの刈り残した伸びた芝はどうなんだい。
What about the tall grass you left over by the cellar door?
貯金箱ちょきんばこNounFreq #45426
1

savings box; moneybox; piggy bank

Examples
貯金箱にはお金は全く残っていなかった。
None of the money was left in the money box.

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