叢叢

Japanese

Kanji in this term
叢	叢
むら Jinmeiyō	むら Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 叢叢 – see the following entry.

【群々むらむら】

[adverb] [from early 900s] in a mottled or splotchy fashion, irregularly

[adverb] [from 1490s] in an energetic and swarming or flocking manner

[adverb] [from 1670s] puffingly, billowingly, as clouds or smoke may move in a way similar to a flock of birds or swarm of insects

[adverb] [from 1850s] suddenly and irresistibly, as of an emotion welling up

[adverb] [from 1880s] enragedly, flying off the handle

[verb] (colloquial) to be sexually turned on, to be horny

Alternative spellings
群群, 叢々, 斑々, 斑斑, ムラムラ

(This term, 叢叢, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
叢	叢
そう Jinmeiyō	そう Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そーそー [sòósóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [so̞ːso̞ː]

Adjective

叢(そう)叢(そう) • (sōsō) ^†-tari (adnominal 叢(そう)叢(そう)とした (sōsō to shita) or 叢(そう)叢(そう)たる (sōsō taru), adverbial 叢(そう)叢(そう)と (sōsō to) or 叢(そう)叢(そう)として (sōsō to shite))

(of grass and trees) flourishing

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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