斑々

Japanese

Kanji in this term
斑 斑
むら
Grade: S 		むら
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 斑々 – see the following entry.
【群々むらむら】
[adverb] [from early 900s] in a mottled or splotchy fashion, irregularly
[adverb] [from 1490s] in an energetic and swarming or flocking manner
[adverb] [from 1670s] puffingly, billowingly, as clouds or smoke may move in a way similar to a flock of birds or swarm of insects
[adverb] [from 1850s] suddenly and irresistibly, as of an emotion welling up
[adverb] [from 1880s] enragedly, flying off the handle
[verb] (colloquial) to be sexually turned on, to be horny
Alternative spellings
群群, 叢々, 叢叢, 斑斑, ムラムラ
(This term, 斑々, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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