つもり

つもり · tsumori · JLPT N4 · noun

purpose

📝 From 積もる (tsumoru), to pile up: thoughts piled up into a plan

つもり is the noun form of 積もる, to accumulate, also used for estimating. An intention is what your reckoning has added up to. Sound hook: tsu-MORE-i, there is always more I intend to do.

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