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Usages of tumu
試験 前 の 夜 は、 自習室 の 机 に 参考書 が 山 の よう に 積んで あります。siken mae no yoru ha, zisyuusitu no tukue ni sankousyo ga yama no you ni tunde arimasu.
On the night before exams, reference books are piled up like a mountain on the desks in the self-study room.
私 は 机 の 上 に 本 を 積みます。watasi ha tukue no ue ni hon wo tumimasu.
I stack books on the desk.
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