"群々" meaning in Japanese

See 群々 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [mɯ̟ɾa̠mɯ̟ɾa̠] Forms: 群々 [canonical] (ruby: (むら), (むら)), 群々 [canonical] (ruby: 群々(ムラムラ)), muramura [romanization]
Etymology: Reduplication of 群 (mura, “group, grouping, throng, crowd, swarm”). First attested in the early 900s. Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|むらむら|ムラムラ}} 群(むら)々(むら) or 群々(ムラムラ) • (muramura)
  1. in a mottled or splotchy fashion, irregularly
    Sense id: en-群々-ja-adv-XogFU33N Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 1 15 28 31 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 1 16 27 30 14
  2. in an energetic and swarming or flocking manner
    Sense id: en-群々-ja-adv-x-3eOzwo
  3. puffingly, billowingly, as clouds or smoke may move in a way similar to a flock of birds or swarm of insects
    Sense id: en-群々-ja-adv-yO5jaCJC Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 10 2 16 23 26 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 9 4 16 21 23 27 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 10 3 16 21 24 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 1 15 28 31 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 1 16 27 30 14
  4. suddenly and irresistibly, as of an emotion welling up
    Sense id: en-群々-ja-adv-K7u5uGr2 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 10 2 16 23 26 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 9 4 16 21 23 27 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 22 2 12 32 21 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 10 3 16 21 24 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 1 15 28 31 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 1 16 27 30 14
  5. enragedly, flying off the handle
    Sense id: en-群々-ja-adv-oBrVkYWn Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 10 2 16 23 26 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 9 4 16 21 23 27 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 10 3 16 21 24 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 1 15 28 31 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 1 16 27 30 14

Verb

IPA: [mɯ̟ɾa̠mɯ̟ɾa̠] Forms: 群々する [canonical] (ruby: (むら), (むら)), 群々する [canonical] (ruby: 群々(ムラムラ)), muramura suru [romanization], 群々し [stem] (ruby: (むら), (むら)), 群々した [past] (ruby: (むら), (むら))
Etymology: Reduplication of 群 (mura, “group, grouping, throng, crowd, swarm”). First attested in the early 900s. Head templates: {{ja-verb-suru|むらむら|ムラムラ}} 群(むら)々(むら)する or 群々(ムラムラ)する • (muramura suru) suru (stem 群(むら)々(むら)し (muramura shi), past 群(むら)々(むら)した (muramura shita))
  1. (colloquial) to be sexually turned on, to be horny Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-群々-ja-verb-dSw0XiFQ Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 10 2 16 23 26 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 8 4 16 19 21 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 9 4 16 21 23 27 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 10 8 18 18 20 25 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 10 3 16 21 24 26 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 10 11 18 17 18 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 1 15 28 31 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 1 16 27 30 14
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      "other": "むらむら"
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      "ipa": "[mɯ̟ɾa̠mɯ̟ɾa̠]"
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Download raw JSONL data for 群々 meaning in Japanese (4.1kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (a681f8a and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.