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))

  1. (of grass and trees) flourishing

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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