茂み

Japanese

Kanji in this term
茂
しげ
Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

⟨siɡe2mi1⟩ → /siɡemi/ → /ɕiɡemi/

From Old Japanese.

Derived from the stem of classical adjective 繁し (shigeshi), modern 繁い (shigei, “thick”) + み (-mi, continuative suffix). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

茂み (hiragana しげみ, rōmaji shigemi)

  1. thicket, copse

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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