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Japanese citations of 重なる c. 1001 –1014 , Murasaki Shikibu , Genji Monogatari Hotaru 艶( つや ) も色( いろ ) もこぼるばかりなる御( おほむ ) 衣( ぞ ) に、直衣( なほし ) はかなく重( かさ ) なれる加( くは ) はれるきよらにかあらむ、この世( よ ) の人( ひと ) の染( そ ) め出( い ) だしたると見( み ) えず...Tsuya mo iro mo koboru bakari naru ōmuzo ni, naoshi hakanaku kasanareru awai mo, izuko ni kuwawareru kiyora ni ka aramu, konoyo no hito no someidashitaru to miezu... On the clothes with overflowing gloss and colors, and also shades of his naoshi [plain clothes of the noblemen] that overlap casually; where does those beautifulness belong to? They don't look like they've been dyed by people of this world. c. 1005 –07 , Shūi Wakashū Hitomaro )
白波( しらなみ ) はたてど衣( ころも ) にかさならず 明石( あかし ) も須磨( すま ) もおのがうらうら shiranami wa tatedo koromo ni kasanarazu Akashi mo Suma mo ono ga uraura The whitecaps, if they stood, are like sewn robes that have not connected with each other ―both Akashi and Suma themselves clear by the sun. early 13th century , Heike Monogatari 福( ふく ) 原( はら ) は山( やま ) へだたり江( え ) かさなって 、程( ほど ) もさすがとほければ...Fukuhara wa yama hedatari e kasanatte , hodo mo sasuga tōkereba... Since Fukuhara is where separated by the mountains and lined up by the inlets, and so distant away... c. 9th –mid-10th century , Taketori Monogatari ...節( ふし ) を隔( へだ ) ててよごと に金( こがね ) ある竹( たけ ) を見( み ) つくる事( こと ) かさなりぬ 。 ...fushi o hedatete yogoto ni kogane aru take o mitsukuru koto kasanarinu . ...dividing the [bamboo] joints, and the occurrences piled up of every night finding bamboo containing gold. early 13th century , Heike Monogatari 「御( おん ) 乳( ち ) 参( まゐ ) り始( はじ ) め候( さぶ ) らひて、君( きみ ) を血( ち ) の中( なか ) より抱( いだ ) き上( あ ) げ参( まゐ ) らせ、月( つき ) 日( ひ ) のかさなる にしたがひて...」 “Onchi ni mairi hajime saburaite, kimi o chi no naka yori idakiage mairase, tsukihi no kasanaru ni shitagaite...” “I first served you by my milk, then from your bloodline I held you up in honor, followed beside you as the years go by ...”
弱( よわ ) さ故( ゆえ ) に魂( たましい ) こわされぬようにmy( マイ ) way( ウェイ ) 重( かさ ) なるGod( ゴード ) bless( ブレース ) ...yowasa yue ni tamashii kowasarenu yō nikasanaru yo ima futari ni Gōdo burēsu Weakness will not shatter [my] spirit.overlaps [with yours], now God bless us both. Old Japanese citations of 重なる
有レ 蠅 聚集。其凝累 十丈之、浮レ 虛以越二 信濃 坂一 。鳴音如レ 雷、則東至二 上野 國一 而自散。 There was a swarm of flies. They are connected together approximately ten jō (30.3 meters or 33 yards) long, and flew over Shinano Hill. Their buzzing was as of thunder; and when they reached eastwards towards Kōzuke (Kamitsukeno) Province, they scattered.
百官 臣：連 、國造 、伴造 、百八十部羅列 匝 拝。The many (hundred) hereditaries―muraji , kuni no miyatsuko (local lords), tomo no miyatsuko (companion-servants), and the other one hundred eighty enumerated―lined up and bowed. , text here
...不遇日之數多過者戀日之累 行者... ...apanu pi1 no2 maneku sugureba ko1 puru pi1 no2 kasanari -yuke2 ba... (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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立易月重 而難不遇核不所忘面影思天 tatikapari tuki2 kasanarite apanedo2 mo sane wasurayezu omokage2 ni site (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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...徃影乃月文經徃者玉限 日文累 ... ...yuku kage2 no2 tuki2 mo pe2 yuke2 ba tama kagi1 ru pi1 mo kasanari ... (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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...安米布良受日能可左奈禮婆 宇惠之田毛麻吉之波多氣毛... ...ame2 purazu pi1 no2 kasanareba uwesi ta mo maki1 si patake2 mo... (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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...正不遇日之累者 思戀氣衝居爾... ...tada ni apazu pi1 no2 kasanareba omopi1 ko1 pi2 iki1 duki1 woru ni... (please add an English translation of this usage example)
