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Nature & Environment

むくむく

muku-muku

Rising up in billowing clouds; surging

Something rising up or swelling in soft, rounded billows — cumulonimbus clouds building, smoke rising, or feelings and motivation welling up inside.

💡A summer sky — 'Thunderclouds are building muku-muku on the horizon.'

Example

入道雲がむくむくと湧き上がっている。

Cumulonimbus clouds are billowing up muku-muku.

Quiz yourself

Motivation welled up ___ inside me as I watched the game.

試合を見ているうちに、やる気が○○と湧いてきた。

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