溜める

ためる

to amass, to accumulate, to store

描き溜める

かきためる

to accumulate (drawings, paintings, etc. that one has not yet published); to build up a stock of (drawings, paintings, etc.)

掃き溜め

はきだめ

rubbish heap, garbage dump

溜め

ため

cesspool, sink, manure sink

書き留める

かきとめる かきとどめる

to write down, to leave a note behind, to record, to chronicle

書き始める

かきはじめる

to begin to write, to begin writing

書き改める

かきあらためる

to rewrite, to adapt (e.g. a novel)

書き集める

かきあつめる

to collect (writings)

掃き溜めを漁る

はきだめをあさる

to rummage a dustbin, to pick a garbage dump

肥溜め

こえだめ

tank for holding excreta (often used for fertilizer) (fertiliser), night soil vat or reservoir, cesspool

ゴミ溜め

ゴミため

garbage dump; scrap heap; rubbish dump; dump; dumpsite

溜め涙

pent-up tears

撮り溜める

とりだめる

to take photographs for later use, to shoot video for archiving

極め書き

きわめがき

certificate

書き初め

かきぞめ

first calligraphy of the year

ため書き

ためがき

dedication (e.g. in books), inscription

掃き溜めに鶴

はきだめにつる

a jewel in a dunghill

家賃を溜める

やちんをためる

to let the rent fall into arrears

切手を溜める

きってをためる

to collect stamps