群むら

noun, used as a suffix, noun, used as a prefix, noun

cluster; gathering; group

Used as a suffix, prefix, or standalone noun to indicate a cluster or gathering of similar things, often plants, clouds, or abstract qualities. As a suffix, it attaches to nouns to mean 'a group of ...'.

• 雲くもが群むらをなして流ながれている。

  Clouds are drifting in clusters.

• このあたりには杉すぎの群むらが点てん在ざいしている。

  Clusters of cedar trees are scattered around this area.

• 月つきに群むら雲くもがかかっていた。

  A bank of clouds hung over the moon.