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Keyword
overgrown
  • grow thick
  • be luxuriant
Frequency
#1188
Strokes
8
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N1
Heisig
384
Readings
モ50%
しげ50%
Mnemonic
Blades of grass get slashed by a dagger-axe, but they just grow back thicker, until the whole garden is overgrown.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
茂しげる
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
Godan verb
生おい茂しげる
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
Godan verb
茂しげみ
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
Noun
繁はん茂も
flourishing (of plants); thriving; luxuriant growth; growing lushly; rankness (of weeds)
Noun
茂しげり
growing thick
Noun