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N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • overgrown
  • grow thick
  • be luxuriant

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • しげ.る
Strokes
8
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1033
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
#140 · grass

Components

Common Words

  • 茂るしげるGodanto grow thickly, to be in full leaf, to be rampant, to luxuriate, to be luxurious
  • 繁茂はんもNounflourishing (of plants), thriving, luxuriant growth, growing lushly, rankness (of weeds)
  • 茂みしげみNounthicket, bush, coppice, brushwood
  • 茂林もりんNounluxuriant (dense) forest
  • 茂りしげりNoungrowing thick
  • 逆茂木さかもぎNounabatis
  • 生い茂るおいしげるGodanto grow thickly, to be overgrown, to thrive, to grow in abundance
  • 賀茂茄子かもなすNounKamo eggplant (Solanum melongena; round variety originally grown in Kyoto)

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