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茂: grow thick

grow thick; luxuriant
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しげる

茂る(しげる) "grow thick"; 茂み(しげみ) "thicket", 生い茂る(おいしげる) "grow densely".

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Key words

茂るしげるto grow thickly
茂みしげみthicket; bushes
生い茂るおいしげるto grow thick

Example sentences

In summer, the grass in the garden grows thick very fast.

A little rabbit poked its face out of the thicket.

Trees grow thick around the old shrine.

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