むら

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
群 叢 (uncommon) 簇 (uncommon) 村

The sense of "village" is cognate with the sense of "gathering". (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

むら • (mura) 

1. 群, 叢, 簇:
   1. gathering
2. 村:
   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:

        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

Suffix

むら • (-mura) 

1. 群, 叢, 簇:
   1. gathering

Etymology 2

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

   (please add an English translation of this example)