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群れ (むれ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

群むれ

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Common word›JLPTN2›Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

group; crowd; flock; herd; school; swarm; cluster

A gathering of living things or objects. The specific English word depends on what is gathered: 鳥の群れ (flock of birds), 魚の群れ (school of fish), 人の群れ (crowd of people), 星の群れ (cluster of stars).

空そらに鳥とりの群むれが見みえた。
I saw a flock of birds in the sky.
駅えき前まえに人ひとの群むれができていた。
A crowd of people had formed in front of the station.

Usage patterns

〈動どう物ぶつ〉が群むれを作つくるfor animals to form a group/flock/herd
オオカミは群むれを作つくって狩かりをする。
Wolves form packs to hunt.
群むれで行こう動どうするto act/move as a group
魚さかなは群むれで行こう動どうすることが多おおい。
Fish often move together in schools.
群むれから離はなれるto stray/break away from the herd
一いっ匹ぴきの子こ鹿じかが群むれから離はなれてしまった。
A fawn strayed away from the herd.
群むれに紛まぎれるto blend into a crowd/group
犯はん人にんは群むれに紛まぎれて逃にげた。
The culprit blended into the crowd and fled.

Expressions

群むれを成なすform groups; flock; swarm

Kanji

群flock, group, crowd

Related words· 6

集しゅう団だんN3
集団 describes a more formal or organized group, while 群れ often implies a looser, more natural gathering (esp. of animals).
群ぐん衆しゅうN1
群衆 refers specifically to a large crowd of people, whereas 群れ can describe animals, objects, or people alike.
大おお勢ぜいN5
大勢 refers specifically to a large number of people, whereas 群れ can also describe animals and objects gathered together.
一いち団だん
一団 is a more literary word for a single body or party of people acting together, while 群れ is the everyday term and applies more broadly to animals and things too.

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群ぐんN1
群れ is the everyday standalone word for a flock, herd, or crowd of living things, while 群 is more common as a suffix or in technical/compound usage.
魚ぎょ群ぐん
群れ is a general word for any group or flock of animals, while 魚群 refers specifically to a school of fish.

Opposites

単たん独どくN1
単独 means acting or existing alone, the opposite of being part of a 群れ (group).

Word family· 9

群むれるN1
crowd; flock; swarm
一ひと群むれ
group; flock; crowd; herd · wide expanse (of flowers)
羊ひつじの群むれ
flock of sheep

Written forms

群むれUsage95%
Standard kanji spelling.
むれUsage5%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji is not needed.

Etymology

Derived from the verb 群れる (むれる, to crowd together). The noun form 群れ refers to the resulting group.

群むれ居いる

to crowd in; to gather in a group

群むれ立だつ

stand in clusters; grow thickly together

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群むれ遊あそぶ
play in a group; frolic together
群むれ集つどう
crowd together; gather in a group
群むれ飛とぶ
fly in flocks; fly in large numbers
群むれ集あつまる
gather in large groups; flock together; swarm