- 1. [exp, v5m] to perform good deeds; to accumulate merit; to build up virtue
- 2. [exp, v5m] to perform good deeds in the hope of improving one's luck (e.g. in a gacha or lottery); to build up good karma for better luck (col)
Conjugation — Verb (godan-mu)
| Dictionary form | とくをつむ | (tokuwotsumu) |
| Polite | とくをつみます | (tokuwotsumimasu) |
| Past, plain | とくをつんだ | (tokuwotsunda) |
| Past, polite | とくをつみました | (tokuwotsumimashita) |
| Negative, plain | とくをつまない | (tokuwotsumanai) |
| Negative, polite | とくをつみません | (tokuwotsumimasen) |
| Past negative, plain | とくをつまなかった | (tokuwotsumanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | とくをつみませんでした | (tokuwotsumimasendeshita) |
| Te-form | とくをつんで | (tokuwotsunde) |
| Potential | とくをつめる | (tokuwotsumeru) |
| Volitional | とくをつもう | (tokuwotsumou) |
| Conditional (―ba) | とくをつめば | (tokuwotsumeba) |
| Passive | とくをつまれる | (tokuwotsumareru) |
| Causative | とくをつませる | (tokuwotsumaseru) |
| Imperative | とくをつめ | (tokuwotsume) |