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茂

overgrown
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingモ
Kun readingしげ.る
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. overgrownRtK
  2. luxuriant
  1. to grow thickly
  2. to be in full leaf
  3. to be rampant
  4. to luxuriate
  5. to be luxurious

Popular Usage

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flowers (艹) · parade

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 384

Compound words

茂るしげる
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
繁茂はんも
flourishing (of plants); thriving; luxuriant growth; growing lushly; rankness (of weeds)
茂みしげみ
thicket
茂りしげり
growing thick
茂林もりん
luxuriant (dense) forest
逆茂木さかもぎ
abatis
生茂るおいしげる
to grow thickly
おい茂るおいしげる
to grow thickly
賀茂茄子かもなす
Kamo eggplant (Solanum melongena; round variety originally grown in Kyoto)
生い茂るおいしげる
to grow thickly

Additional Examples

彼は負傷した兵士を近くの茂みまで引っ張って行った。
He pulled the wounded soldier to the nearby bush.tatoeba
濃い茂みが彼を隠した。
Dense bushes concealed him.tatoeba
猫は茂みに隠れていた。
The cat lay hidden in the bushes.tatoeba
庭には雑草が生い茂っていた。
The garden was grown over with weeds.tatoeba
刈っても刈っても、また生い茂るという吾跡川の柳よ。
You are cut down again and again but you grow luxuriantly; A willow by the Atokawa river in Totomi.wiki
すると琴は姿を変え、青々と茂るクスノキの木となった。
Then, the koto transformed itself into a camphor tree lush with green leaves.wiki

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