To Pile Things Up
To Accumulate
transitive verb, godan verb
積もる is "to accumulate." Now you're doing the accumulating, and in order to do that you must go to pile things up. More and more and more. How do you know that this verb is when you're doing the accumulating? It's because you are piling up cows (む). Wow, a cow piler.
The reading comes from 積もる, so pile up your knowledge and remember it that way.
荷物を積むのに少し時間がかかるから、そこで待ってて！
It will take a little time to load the luggage, so wait there!
アイツは地道にコツコツ経験を積んで、今の地位を手に入れたんだよ。
He steadily and diligently accumulated experience and earned his current position.
それじゃあ2人組を作って、トラックに七面鳥を積み始めて下さい。
Now please grab a partner and begin loading the truck with turkey.
彼の積ん読リストには、たくさんの本が積まれていた。
His "to-be-read" list had many books piled up.