群々
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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群 | 群 |
むら Grade: 4 |
むら Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spellings |
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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]
Adverb
群々 or 群々 • (muramura)
- [from early 900s] in a mottled or splotchy fashion, irregularly
- [from 1490s] in an energetic and swarming or flocking manner
- [from 1670s] puffingly, billowingly, as clouds or smoke may move in a way similar to a flock of birds or swarm of insects
- [from 1850s] suddenly and irresistibly, as of an emotion welling up
- [from 1880s] enragedly, flying off the handle
References
- “群群・叢叢・斑斑”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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