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葎: tangled weeds

tangled weeds; vines
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Readings

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むぐら

A literary plant word: 葎 (むぐら) evokes tangled weeds around a neglected house, as in 八重葎.

Key words

葎むぐらtangled weeds; vines
八重葎やえむぐらdense tangle of weeds
枯葎かれむぐらwithered weeds
葎草かなむぐらJapanese hop

Example sentences

In the ruined garden, weeds as tall as a person grew thick.

The house, long uninhabited, lay buried in tangled weeds and was a shadow of its former self.

In the winter field there was nothing but withered weeds swaying in the wind.

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