Japanese symbol for “teeming”
芋を洗うよう
いもをあらうよう
Romaji: imooarauyou
with people jostling against one another; teeming; heaving; jam-packed
In Japanese, teeming is 芋を洗うよう, read いもをあらうよう (imooarauyou).
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Meanings
- adj-na, exp with people jostling against one another; teeming; heaving; jam-packed
Written forms: 芋を洗うよう、いもを洗うよう. Readings: いもをあらうよう.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “teeming”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 芋の子を洗うよう | いものこをあらうよう imonokooarauyou | with people jostling against one another; teeming; heaving |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 焼き芋 | やきいも yakiimo | roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato |
| さつま芋 | さつまいも satsumaimo | sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) |
| 芋煮 | いもに imoni | imoni (taro and meat soup) |
| 芋虫 | いもむし imomushi | hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar |
| 里芋 | さといも satoimo | taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo |
| じゃが芋 | じゃがいも jagaimo | potato (Solanum tuberosum) |
| 洗濯 | せんたく sentaku | washing; laundry |
| 洗剤 | せんざい senzai | detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.