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Nature & Environment

もさもさ

mosa-mosa

Thick, bushy growth

The visual and tactile impression of dense, unkempt vegetation growing thickly — a bush that has grown wild, moss covering a rock, or tangled undergrowth.

💡An abandoned garden in summer — 'The hedges had grown mosa-mosa over the fence.'

Example

庭の木がもさもさと茂っている。

The garden trees are growing mosa-mosa thick.

Quiz yourself

The neglected hedge had grown ___ and blocked the pathway.

手入れされていない生け垣が○○と茂って道をふさいでいた。

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Intermediate