込こみ居いる

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み

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Meanings

1

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

push in; be crowded

archaic

Archaic intransitive verb meaning to be pushed in or crowded; the modern equivalent is 込み入る (こみいる) sense 2, which is also somewhat literary. Rarely used in contemporary Japanese.

Kanji

込crowded, mixture, in bulk
居reside, to be, exist

Similar words

込こみ入いる
Modern equivalent with the same reading; 込み入る is still somewhat literary but not archaic. Sense 2 of 込み入る corresponds to this word.

Etymology

Compound of 込み (continuative form of 込む, 'to be crowded') + 居る (いる, 'to be'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the form is now archaic.