塵も積もれば山と成る

ちりもつもればやまとなる

Many a little makes a mickle

積もり積もる

つもりつもる

to pile up and up, to pile up more and more, to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)

積もり

つもり

intention, plan

積もる

つもる

to pile up, to accumulate

降り積もる

ふりつもる

to fall and pile up (e.g. snow), to lie thick

胸積もり

むなづもり むねつもり

calculating in one's head

見積もり

みつもり

estimate, estimation, valuation, quotation

値積もり

ねづもり

estimation, valuation

木積もり

きづもり

person who estimates the variety and quantity of wood necessary to build a house from looking at the plans

見積もる

みつもる

to estimate

もちもち

springy (texture)

ともすれば

apt to (do), liable to, prone to

死なばもろとも

しなばもろとも

die all together; go to the grave together

だちとも

friend, buddy

山ごもり

やまごもり

secluding oneself in the mountains, undertaking ascetic practices at a mountain temple

何なりとも

なんなりとも

anything; whatever; whatever one likes

もっと沢山

もっとたくさん

a lot more, much more, and then some, and plenty more than that

もちもちパン

small round bun with springy texture

海のものとも山のものともつかない

うみのものともやまのものともつかない

neither fish nor fowl; hard to predict; up in the air; unclear