溜まりに溜まった
This is from the lyrics from isekai office worker
溜まりに溜まった生活は
heavily accumulated, piled up and up
Verb ます stem + に + Same Verb
Repeating the same verb creates the emphasis. Not really used in speech, it is more poetic, so that’s why I saw it used in the lyrics.
- 溜まりに溜まった: piled up and up
- 待ちに待った: waited and waited
- 泣きに泣け: telling someone to cry your heart out (cry and cry!)
- 泣きに泣けない: want to cry but unable to (beyond tears)
- 勝ちに勝った: won game after game (overwhelming winning streak)
