• 面積めんせき — area
• 体積たいせき — volume
• 積極せっきょく — positive; proactive
• 蓄積ちくせき — accumulation
• 積つもる — to pile up (e.g., snow)
• 積つむ — to stack; to load

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積せき combines 禾のぎ (grain, harvest/growth) with 責せき (burden/duty), evoking the idea of gathering and building up through effort. It applies to physical piles and to abstract accumulation such as savings or experience.

雪が積つもってきました。
The snow has started to pile up.

長年の経験けいけんを積つんできた。
I’ve built up many years of experience.