great collection; cluster; bunch
Used for a large number of things gathered together, often in a clustered or abundant manner. Can be used literally or figuratively.
庭に千成りのトマトがなっている。
A great cluster of tomatoes is growing in the garden.
Abbreviation of 千成瓢箪 (せんなりびょうたん), a type of bottle gourd that produces many fruits. Used in contexts like plant names or traditional crafts.
See also: 千成瓢箪
Sennari is a type of bottle gourd that bears many fruits.
Standard kanji spelling for the full form.
Variant kanji spelling; 生り can also be read なり.
Compound of 千 (sen, 'thousand') and 成り/生り (nari, 'bearing fruit' or 'becoming'), literally 'thousand-bearing'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with abundance.