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Nature & Environment

うじゃうじゃ

uja-uja

Swarming with many small creatures

Countless small creatures swarming and wriggling in one place — insects, larvae, or masses of tiny things. Implies an unsettling abundance.

💡Lifting a rock in the garden — 'Bugs came swarming out uja-uja.'

Example

石をひっくり返したら虫がうじゃうじゃ出てきた。

When I flipped the rock over, bugs came swarming out uja-uja.

Quiz yourself

When I lifted the rock, insects came ___ crawling out.

石をひっくり返したら虫が○○出てきた。

swarminginsectscreaturesmany
Intermediate