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
Wolves form packs to hunt.
群む れで 行こう 動どう する to act/move as a group
Fish often move together in schools.
群む れから 離はな れる to stray/break away from the herd
A fawn strayed away from the herd.
群む れに 紛まぎ れる to blend into a crowd/group
The culprit blended into the crowd and fled.
Related words· 6 集団 describes a more formal or organized group, while 群れ often implies a looser, more natural gathering (esp. of animals).
群衆 refers specifically to a large crowd of people, whereas 群れ can describe animals, objects, or people alike.
大勢 refers specifically to a large number of people, whereas 群れ can also describe animals and objects gathered together.
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.
Show 2 more Show fewer 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.
群れ is a general word for any group or flock of animals, while 魚群 refers specifically to a school of fish.
Word family· 9 crowd; flock; swarm
group; flock; crowd; herd · wide expanse (of flowers)
flock of sheep
to crowd in; to gather in a group
stand in clusters; grow thickly together
Show 4 more Show fewer play in a group; frolic together
crowd together; gather in a group
fly in flocks; fly in large numbers
gather in large groups; flock together; swarm
Written forms 群む れ Usage 95%
むれ Usage 5%
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.
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