쌓여

This is the 18935th most frequent Korean word.


쌓여

"쌓여" means "piled up" or "accumulated" in English.


Here, '쌓여' refers to the act of being stacked or accumulated, describing the physical arrangement of books.

책들이 탁자 위에 쌓여 있다.

The books are piled up on the table.


In this sentence, '쌓여' metaphorically indicates the accumulation of non-physical items, in this case, stress.

작업이 많아서 스트레스가 쌓여 가는 중이에요.

I have a lot of work, so the stress is accumulating.


Here, '쌓여' refers to the physical accumulation of snow in the yard.

눈이 계속 내려서 마당에 높이 쌓여 있다.

The snow kept falling, so it is piled up high in the yard.