重なる (Kasanaru) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to be piled up, to lie on top of one another, to come one after another, to happen over and over”.
Meanings
- godan verb, intransitive verbto be piled up; to lie on top of one another
- godan verb, intransitive verbto come one after another; to happen over and over; to pile up (e.g. stress); to accumulate
- godan verb, intransitive verbto overlap (each other); to occur at the same time; to happen simultaneously
Examples
不幸は重なるものだ。
Misfortunes always come in threes.
物事は重なって起こる。
It never rains but it pours.
天皇誕生日が日曜日と重なった。
The Emperor's Birthday fell on Sunday.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).