咲き乱れる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
咲	乱
さ Grade: S	みだ Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
咲き亂れる (kyūjitai)

Etymology

sakimidaru > sakimidaruru > sakimidareru.　Compound verb from 咲く (saku, “to bloom”) +‎ 乱れる (midareru, “to be disorderly”).

Verb

咲(さ)き乱(みだ)れる • (sakimidareru) ichidan (stem 咲(さ)き乱(みだ)れ (sakimidare), past 咲(さ)き乱(みだ)れた (sakimidareta))

1. (of multiple flowers) to bloom all over at once
   • 1928: Sakura no ki no shita ni wa (Kajii Motojirō)

     お前(まえ)、この爛(らん)漫(まん)と咲(さ)き乱(みだ)れてゐる桜(さくら)の樹(き)の下(した)へ、一(ひと)つ一(ひと)つ屍(し)体(たい)が埋(う)まつてゐると想像(さうざう)して見(み)るがいい。

     Omae, kono ranman to sakimidareteiru sakura no ki no shita e, hitotsu hitotsu shitai ga umatteiru to sōzō shite miru ga ii.

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