むら

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
群 叢 (uncommon) 簇 (uncommon)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Formed from the nominalisation of 群(む)る (muru) “to gather”.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) むら​ [mùráꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝɾa̠]

Noun

むら • (mura) 

1. gathering

Suffix

むら • (-mura) 

1. gathering

Etymology 2

Alternative spellings
村 𨛗 (uncommon)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Formed from the nominalisation of 群(む)る (muru) “to gather”.

Noun

むら • (mura) 

1. village (a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town)
   • 2015 September 19, “竜(りゅう)角(かく)の狩(しゅ)猟(りょう)者(しゃ) [Dragon Horn Hunter]”, in EXTRA PACK 2015, Konami:

   1. • 疫(えき)病(びょう)に苦(くる)しむ故(こ)郷(きょう)の村(むら)を救(すく)うため、霊(れい)薬(やく)の原(げん)料(りょう)となるドラゴンの角(つの)を乱(らん)獲(かく)する女(おんな)戦(せん)士(し)。その村(むら)はすでに、棲(す)み処(か)を追(お)われたドラゴンたちによって踏(ふ)み荒(あ)らされ、焼(や)き尽(つ)くされてしまった事(こと)を、彼(かの)女(じょ)はまだ知(し)らない・・・。

        Ekibyō ni kurushimu kokyō no mura o sukū tame, reiyaku no genryō to naru doragon no tsuno o rankakusuru onnasenshi. Sono mura wa sude ni, sumika o owareta doragon-tachi ni yotte fumiarasare, yakitsukusarete shimatta koto o, kanojo wa mada shiranai.

        A female warrior who was on the hunt for dragon horns, to make a medicine for her home village, which was suffering from a plague. Unbeknownst to her, those displaced dragons went on to lay waste and burn down her village….

See also

• 里(さと) (sato)
• Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/群

Etymology 3

Alternative spelling
斑

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) むら [mùrá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝɾa̠]

Noun

むら or ムラ • (mura) 

1. a design like marble or spots
2. (by extension) having variation or fluctuation

   むらがある

   mura ga aru

   uneven, variable

   むらがない

   mura ga nai

   even, uniform

   回転(かいてん)むら

   kaiten mura

   unsteady rotation