Illustration: Beside a harvested rice field, a dense flock of sparrows gathers on the ground and along a low fence. Most birds cluster shoulder to shoulder around fallen grain; several lift together as one portion of the flock turns toward the next patch.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

群むれ

mure

flock, herd, swarm

Example sentences

鳥とりは群むれをなして飛とんでいた。
The birds were flying in a group.
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蚊かの群むれが彼かれを追おった。
A swarm of mosquitoes followed him.
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我々われわれの船ふねは魚さかなの群むれを追おった。
Our boat followed a school of fish.
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Kanji in 群

群flock; groupOnグンKunむれる・むれ・むら

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