N21129/1725

茂しげる

obsolete kanjigodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)intransitive verb

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しげる

Meanings

to grow thickly, to be in full leaf, to be rampant, to luxuriate, to be luxurious

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Example sentences

夏なつになると庭にわの木きが茂しげる。

When summer comes, the trees in the garden grow thickly.

森もりの中なかでは木々きぎが生おい茂しげり、日ひの光ひかりがほとんど届とどかない。

Deep in the forest, trees grow so thickly that almost no sunlight reaches the ground.

放置ほうちされた庭にわには雑草ざっそうが茂しげっていた。

Weeds were growing rampantly in the neglected garden.

このあたりは以前いぜん、深ふかく木きが茂しげっていたが、開発かいはつによって多おおくが失うしなわれた。

This area was once densely covered with trees, but much of it was lost due to development.

熱帯雨林ねったいうりんでは植物しょくぶつが一年中いちねんじゅう茂しげるため、独自どくじの生態系せいたいけいが維持いじされている。

In tropical rainforests, plants grow luxuriantly throughout the year, maintaining a unique ecosystem.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)