群むれ居いる

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

to crowd in; to gather in a group

Describes people or animals assembling and staying in one place, often with a sense of being packed together. Somewhat literary or descriptive; in casual speech, 集まる or 群がる are more common.

• 広ひろ場ばには多おおくの人ひと々びとが群むれ居いていた。

  Many people were crowded together in the square.

• 鳥とりたちが木きの上うえに群むれ居いている。

  The birds are gathered in a flock on the tree.