群々

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
群 群
むら
Grade: 4 		むら
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
群群
叢々
叢叢
斑々
斑斑

Etymology

Reduplication of 群 (mura, “group, grouping, throng, crowd, swarm”).[1][2]

First attested in the early 900s.[1]

Pronunciation

Adverb

群(むら)々(むら) or 群々(ムラムラ) • (muramura) 

  1. in a mottled or splotchy fashion, irregularly
  2. in an energetic and swarming or flocking manner
  3. puffingly, billowingly, as clouds or smoke may move in a way similar to a flock of birds or swarm of insects
  4. suddenly and irresistibly, as of an emotion welling up
  5. enragedly, flying off the handle

Verb

群(むら)々(むら)する or 群々(ムラムラ)する • (muramura suru) suru (stem 群(むら)々(むら)し (muramura shi), past 群(むら)々(むら)した (muramura shita))

  1. (colloquial) to be sexually turned on, to be horny

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “群群・叢叢・斑斑”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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