A proverb meaning that small things or gradual efforts add up and eventually become something large—'many a little makes a mickle.'
毎日百円貯金を続ければ、いつかはまとまった金額になる。『ちりも積もれば山となる』だ。
If you save 100 yen every day, it will eventually become a substantial amount. 'Many a little makes a mickle.'
語彙は一度に覚えられなくても、毎日少しずつ覚えれば力になる。ちりも積もれば山となる。
You can't learn all the vocabulary at once, but if you learn a bit every day it will add up. Many a little makes a mickle.
ゴミ拾いも続ければ町がきれいになる——まさに『ちりも積もれば山となる』。
Even picking up trash will make the town clean if continued—truly 'many a little makes a mickle.'