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, 叢叢, 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)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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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