JLPT N2 · Verb

茂る (shigeru)

茂る (しげる, shigeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to grow thickly; to be in full leaf”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
しげる
Romaji
shigeru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

丘には低い木がたくさん茂っている。
Lots of low trees grow on the hill.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 茂る

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary茂るしげる shigeru
Polite (~masu)茂りますしげります shigerimasu
Negative茂らないしげらない shigeranai
Polite negative茂りませんしげりません shigerimasen
Past茂ったしげった shigetta
Polite past茂りましたしげりました shigerimashita
Negative past茂らなかったしげらなかった shigeranakatta
Te-form茂ってしげって shigette
Potential茂れるしげれる shigereru
Passive茂られるしげられる shigerareru
Causative茂らせるしげらせる shigeraseru
Volitional茂ろうしげろう shigerou
Imperative茂れしげれ shigere
Conditional (~ba)茂ればしげれば shigereba

Kanji in 茂る

Source: JMdict entry 1533740 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.