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群がる · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	群むらがる	群むらがらない
Polite	群むらがります	群むらがりません
Past polite	群むらがりました	群むらがりませんでした
Past	群むらがった	群むらがらなかった
Te-form	群むらがって	群むらがらないで
Desire	群むらがりたい	群むらがりたくない
Potential	群むらがれる	群むらがれない
Passive	群むらがられる	群むらがられない
Causative	群むらがらせる	群むらがらせない
Causative passive	群むらがらせられるalso 群むらがらされる	群むらがらせられないalso 群むらがらされない
Volitional	群むらがろう
Polite volitional	群むらがりましょう
Imperative	群むらがれ	群むらがるな
Conditional	群むらがれば	群むらがらなければ
Tara conditional	群むらがったら	群むらがらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

swarm; gather in crowds; flock

Describes people, animals, or insects gathering in large numbers, often with a sense of crowding or swarming around something.

観かん光こう客きゃくがお寺てらの前まえに群むらがっていた。
Tourists were swarming in front of the temple.
ハエが食たべ物ものに群むらがっている。
Flies are swarming around the food.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に群むらがるto swarm/flock to a place
ファンがスタジアムの前まえに群むらがった。
Fans swarmed in front of the stadium.
〈人ひと〉の周まわりに群むらがるto crowd around a person
記き者しゃたちが有ゆう名めい人じんの周まわりに群むらがった。
Reporters crowded around the celebrity.
〈物もの〉に群むらがるto swarm around something (e.g. food)
アリが甘あまいお菓か子しに群むらがった。
Ants swarmed over the sweet snacks.

Kanji

群flock, group, crowd
叢plexus, clump of bushes, thicket
簇group, crowd, swarm

Related words

群むれるN1
群れる is often used for animals or people forming a group, while 群がる stresses crowding densely around one specific point or object.
集あつまるN4
集まる is a neutral, general word for gathering or assembling, whereas 群がる adds a sense of crowding or swarming around something.
たかるN1
たかる is a colloquial word for insects or people swarming greedily around something (like food or money), while 群がる is more neutral and can describe any large gathering.
寄より集あつまるN1
群がる emphasizes a dense cluster or swarm (often of animals or a crowd pressing together), whereas 寄り集まる just describes people or things converging from various directions.

Opposites

散ちらばるN1
散らばる means to scatter or spread apart, the opposite of 群がる, which means to swarm together in one place.

Word family

群むらがり
crowding together; swarming; crowd; swarm

Written forms

群むらがるUsage89%
Standard kanji form; high priority.
むらがるUsage11%
叢むらがる
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
簇むらがる
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Etymology

Derived from 群れ (むれ, 'group, crowd') + がる (suffix indicating a state or tendency). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used since classical Japanese.