書き溜める

to accumulate (writings, compositions, etc. that one has not yet published); to build up a stock of (manuscripts, etc.)

撮り溜める

とりだめる

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

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.)

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

溜め

ため

cesspool, sink, manure sink

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

とりだめ

video taping (and storing)

溜め込む

ためこむ

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

掃き溜め

はきだめ

rubbish heap, garbage dump

溜め塗り

ためぬり

lacquering technique that uses a coloured-lacquer undercoating and a transparent-lacquer topcoat

溜まる

たまる

to collect, to gather, to save, to accumulate, to pile up

掃き溜めを漁る

はきだめをあさる

to rummage a dustbin, to pick a garbage dump

掃き溜めに鶴

はきだめにつる

a jewel in a dunghill

溝溜

こうりゅう

drain and pool for collecting sewage, etc.

糞溜

くそだめ くそたまり

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

溜飲

りゅういん

water brash, sour stomach