群れる|むれるmureru[2]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Definitions
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto crowd; to flock; to swarm
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 群れる（むれる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 群れます（むれます） |
| Negative (nai) | 群れない（むれない） |
| polite (masen) | 群れません（むれません） |
| classical zu / nu | 群れず・群れぬ（むれず・むれぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 群れた（むれた） |
| polite (mashita) | 群れました（むれました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 群れなかった（むれなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 群れませんでした（むれませんでした） |
| Te form | 群れて（むれて） |
| Potential | 群れられる（むれられる） |
| Passive | 群れられる（むれられる） |
| Causative | 群れさせる（むれさせる） |
| Causative passive | 群れさせられる（むれさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 群れれば（むれれば） |
| tara | 群れたら（むれたら） |
| Volitional | 群れよう（むれよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 群れましょう（むれましょう） |
| Imperative | 群れろ（むれろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- SynonymたかるCasualColloquial. People or insects crowd round; also to sponge or extort. The gathering sense is neutral, pejorative only in the latter; 「群れる」 is about acting as a group.
- Synonym集まるあつまるNeutralThe most ordinary word for gathering or assembling — people, things, even attention; it lacks the nuance 「群れる」 has of moving together as a group.
- Synonym群がるむらがるNeutralPeople or animals swarm round to one place, stressing crowding around a target; 「群れる」 stresses moving together as a group.
- Synonym群集ぐんしゅうWrittenWritten/formal noun for people or animals flocking together; also takes 「する」, describing the state of gathering objectively. 「群れる」 stresses group action.
- Synonym群れ集うむれつどうWrittenWritten, poetic and rare: gathering in flocks, with no pejorative shade; for everyday talk about group behaviour use 「群れる」.
- SynonymひしめくWrittenWritten. A packed, jostling, clamorous crush — the stress is on crowding and noise; 「群れる」 means acting as a group and need not mean being packed together.
- Related詰め掛けるつめかけるNeutralCrowds of people surge to and pack one place, stressing the rush toward it; 「群れる」 is about going about as a group, with no sense of converging on a spot.
- Related人だかりひとだかりCasualColloquial noun for a crowd packed in one spot or a scene of onlookers; 「群れる」 is a verb for acting as a group.
- Related群衆ぐんしゅうWrittenWritten/formal noun for the mass of people gathered in one place — the crowd itself; 「群れる」 is a verb and applies to animals too.
- Related押し寄せるおしよせるNeutralSurges in with force, stressing the fierce momentum of the advance; 「群れる」 only says being together as a group, with no sense of closing in.
- Antonym孤独こどくNeutralSolitude, being alone with no one to rely on; it opposes 「群れる」 on whether one is alone or in company.
- Antonym単独たんどくNeutralActing alone or being the only one; the opposite of 「群れる」 on the point of solo versus group.
「群れる」 is for animals moving as a group; of people it means banding together thoughtlessly, often dismissively. For plain gathering say 「集まる」 or 「群がる」, for the crowd that forms, 「人だかり」. 「詰め掛ける」 and 「押し寄せる」 add a rush toward one place, 「集る」 is colloquial for crowding round or sponging, 「犇めく」 a packed, noisy crush. In formal prose use 「群集」「群衆」 or poetic 「群れ集う」; opposites: 「孤独」, 「単独」.
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