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JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

賑にぎわう

nigiwau

to bustle with people

Example sentences

  1. この町まちは以前いぜんほどにぎわっていない。

    This city is not so busy as it used to be.

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  2. 通とおりは買かい物客ものきゃくでにぎわっている。

    The streets are alive with shoppers.

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  3. その大学だいがくは大学祭だいがくさいでにぎわっていた。

    The university was alive with a festival.

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Kanji in 賑

  • 賑flourish; be bustlingOnシンKunにぎわい・にぎやか・にぎわす

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