"茂" meaning in Japanese

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Character

Forms: “Jōyō” kanji [common]
  1. overgrown; luxuriant, thickly growing, lush Tags: kanji
    Sense id: en-茂-ja-character--L2HQidt Derived forms: 茂り合う: to grow thick together (shigeriau), to be copious in amount, 茂枝 (shigerie) (ruby: 茂枝(しげりえ)) (english: a thickly grown branch, thickly growing branches), 茂り立つ: to grow thick and lush (shigeritatsu) (ruby: (しげ), ()) (english: as vegetation), 茂葉 (shigeriba) (ruby: 茂葉(しげりば)) (english: lush growing leaves), 茂立つ: to grow thick and lush (shimitatsu) (ruby: 茂立(しみた)) (english: as vegetation), 茂原 (Mobara) (ruby: 茂原(もばら)) (english: a place in central Chiba Prefecture), 茂才 (mosai) (ruby: 茂才(もさい)) (english: a genius, a whiz, a brilliant person), 茂山, 茂山 (Mosan) (ruby: 茂山(もさん), 茂山(むさん)) (english: Musan, North Korea), 茂林寺 (Morinji) (ruby: 茂林寺(もりんじ)) (english: a temple in Gunma Prefecture), 茂生 (mosei) (ruby: 茂生(もせい)) (english: thick and lush growth)

Proper name

Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (しげる)), Shigeru [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|しげる}} 茂(しげる) • (Shigeru)
  1. a male given name Categories (topical): Japanese given names, Japanese male given names
    Sense id: en-茂-ja-name-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Common kanji, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Common kanji: 27 73 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 28 72 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 29 71 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant transliterations: 37 63

Download JSON data for 茂 meaning in Japanese (3.7kB)

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          "word": "to be copious in amount"
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              "立",
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          "english": "lush growing leaves",
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              "茂葉",
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          "english": "as vegetation",
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              "茂立",
              "しみた"
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          "english": "a place in central Chiba Prefecture",
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          "english": "a genius, a whiz, a brilliant person",
          "roman": "mosai",
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          "english": "Musan, North Korea",
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